sickness benefit

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Related topics: Welfare

ˈsickness ˌbenefit noun [uncountableU] British EnglishBrE

PEWmoney paid by the government to someone who is too ill to work 疾病补助金〔由政府发给因病不能工作的人〕

Examples from the Corpus

sickness benefit• Insured workers who are off sick are entitled to draw sickness benefit.• From April 1983, the first eight weeks of sickness benefit were to be met by the employer.• Spending cuts would especially affect public administration and, within the social welfare budget, the level of payments on sickness benefit.• Some items of expenditure like supplementary benefit or sickness benefit are demand-led commitments.• This fund was set up during the 1880s as a means of providing sickness benefit for employees.• It was decided that state sickness benefit was to be taxed by its abolition!• The most novel approach related to sickness benefit.

From Longman Business Dictionary

sickness benefitˈsickness ˌbenefit [countableC, uncountableU] British EnglishBrE

money paid, especially by the government, to someone who is too ill to work

She is entitled (=has an official right) to receive State Sickness Benefit from the Department of Social Security.

Denmark has made cuts in sickness benefits.

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单词	sickness benefit
释义	sickness benefit Word family verbsickennounsickenersickeningsickiesickishnesssicklinesssicknesssickosickbedsickness benefitsick building syndromesick leavesick notesicknursesicknursingsick-outsickroomadverbsickeninglysickishlysicklilyadjectivesickishsickliedsicklysick Related topics: Welfare ˈsickness ˌbenefit noun [uncountableU] British EnglishBrE PEWmoney paid by the government to someone who is too ill to work 疾病补助金〔由政府发给因病不能工作的人〕 Examples from the Corpus sickness benefit• Insured workers who are off sick are entitled to draw sickness benefit.• From April 1983, the first eight weeks of sickness benefit were to be met by the employer.• Spending cuts would especially affect public administration and, within the social welfare budget, the level of payments on sickness benefit.• Some items of expenditure like supplementary benefit or sickness benefit are demand-led commitments.• This fund was set up during the 1880s as a means of providing sickness benefit for employees.• It was decided that state sickness benefit was to be taxed by its abolition!• The most novel approach related to sickness benefit. From Longman Business Dictionary sickness benefitˈsickness ˌbenefit [countableC, uncountableU] British EnglishBrE money paid, especially by the government, to someone who is too ill to work She is entitled (=has an official right) to receive State Sickness Benefit from the Department of Social Security. Denmark has made cuts in sickness benefits. → benefit
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