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SICKNESS BENEFIT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does sickness benefit mean?
• SICKNESS BENEFIT (noun)
The noun SICKNESS BENEFIT has 1 sense:
1. money paid (by the government) to someone who is too ill to work
Familiarity information: SICKNESS BENEFIT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Money paid (by the government) to someone who is too ill to work
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Synonyms:
sick benefit; sickness benefit
Hypernyms ("sickness benefit" is a kind of...):
benefit (financial assistance in time of need)
Domain region:
Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)
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