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sickness benefit

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Welfare
ˈsickness ˌbenefit noun [uncountable] British English  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 benefitInsured 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 Dictionarysickness benefitˈsickness ˌbenefit [countable, uncountable] British English money paid, especially by the government, to someone who is too ill to workShe 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
ˈsickness ˌbenefit nounChineseSyllable
government by Corpus money the Business someone paid to


sickness benefit
ˈsickness ˌbenefit noun [uncountable] British English
money paid by the government to someone who is too ill to work


sickness benefitBrE /ˈsɪknəs benɪfɪt/ 🔊NAmE /ˈsɪknəs benɪfɪt/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] (BrE) money paid by the government to people who are away from work because of illness 疾病补助金(由政府发放给因病不能上班的职工)   compare sick pay