فَائِدَةٌ

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فَائِدَةٌ a subst. from فَادَ المَالُ, (M, L, and K in art. فود,) in the sense of ثَبَتَ; or an act. part. n. from فَادَتْ لَهُ فَائِدَةٌ; Profit, advantage, benefit, or good, which God bestows upon a man, and which he [the latter, consequently] gains, or acquires, and which he produces: an accession which accrues to a man: what one gains, or acquires, of knowledge, and polite accomplishments, and property: what one has recently acquired, of property, of gold or silver, or a slave, or the like: and [simply] profit, advantage, benefit, or utility: and good: and knowledge: and wealth, or property: pl. فَوَائِدُ: it belongs to this art. and to art فود: some improperly derive it from الفُؤَادُ.
2 [Hence, Utility as expressive of a meaning, or as contributing to the expression thereof, or as adding to a meaning previously expressed, or a word or phrase. And hence, A meaning, or an import, of a word or phrase; and particularly a complete meaning of a phrase, such that a pause may be well made after the uttering thereof.]

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