'benefitting' is correct and usable in written English
It is the present participle form of the verb 'benefit', which means to 'gain an advantage or profit.' Example sentence: By investing in the stock market, she was able to secure her retirement fund, benefitting from the market's long-term growth.
Similarly, most people think that if I have a choice between benefitting a friend or providing an equal benefit to a stranger that I ought to benefit my friend.
We're going to bring our protest to the homes of millionaires who have got loads of spare rooms and are directly benefitting from or pushing the cuts to housing benefits that are making people homeless.
However, given that 'insiders' also have to bear the cost of benefitting other 'insiders,' the relative balance of costs and benefits might remain the same for insiders and outsiders.
"It seems that growth has come principally from domestic demand, with consumption benefitting from the drop in energy prices and buoyant financial markets boosting confidence," said Vanden Houte.
The Duke of Burgundy recorded a 26% increase in numbers compared to the previous year, similarly benefitting from areas of farmland under EU environmental stewardship schemes, as well as co-ordinated conservation management by charities including Butterfly Conservation, the National Trust and the Wildlife Trusts.
Savills highlights Sotogrande, a purpose-built resort in Andalucia some 40 miles along the coast from Marbella, as "benefitting from heavily discounted prices, some 30-40% below their former peak values".
Since 2011, it has been benefitting from exemptions from industrial taxes, worth $118.9m over 10 years, according to the Good Jobs First database.
ExxonMobil's upgrades to its Baton Rouge refinery in Louisiana are benefitting from $119m of state subsidy, with the support starting in 2011, when the company made a $41bn profit.
"Just because some people are benefitting doesn't mean others are not.
"Sometimes the argument is framed to ask who is really benefitting here – the volunteer or the community?
Rather, it is necessary to distinguish between "good" infrastructure, benefitting ordinary Australians as Abbott perceives them, and "bad" infrastructure, foisted on the public by un-Australian groups such as environmentalists, trade unionists and the Labor party.
