فيد

فَائِدَةٌ ذ a subst. from فَادَ المَالُ, (M, L, and K in art. فود,) in the sense of ثَبَتَ; (M, L;) or an act. part. n. from فَادَتْ لَهُ فَائِدَةٌ; (Msb;) Profit, advantage, benefit, or good, which God bestows upon a man, and which he [ the latter, consequently ] gains, or acquires, and which he produces: (T, L:) an accession which accrues to a man: (Msb:) what one gains, or acquires, of knowledge, (S, A, O, L, Msb, K,) and polite accomplishments, (Msb,) and property: (S, A, O, L, K:) what one has recently acquired, of property, of gold or silver, or a slave, or the like: (AZ, Msb:) and [simply] profit, advantage, benefit, or utility: and good: and knowledge: and wealth, or property: (KL:) pl. فَوَائِدُ: (T, O, L, Msb, K:) it belongs to this art. and to art فود: (TA:) some improperly derive it from الفُؤَادُ. (MF.) ― -b2- [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.]