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Noun: sickness benefit
Usage: Brit, Cdn
  1. Money paid (by the government) to someone who is too ill to work
    "She claimed sickness benefits while recovering from surgery";
    - sick benefit [Brit, Cdn, informal]

Derived forms: sickness benefits

Type of: benefit

Encyclopedia: Sickness benefit