Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
sickness benefit
noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ From April 1983, the first eight weeks of sickness benefit were to be met by the employer.
▪ Insured workers who are off sick are entitled to draw sickness benefit.
▪ It was decided that state sickness benefit was to be taxed by its abolition!
▪ Some items of expenditure like supplementary benefit or sickness benefit are demand-led commitments.
▪ Spending cuts would especially affect public administration and, within the social welfare budget, the level of payments on sickness benefit.
▪ The most novel approach related to sickness benefit.
▪ This fund was set up during the 1880s as a means of providing sickness benefit for employees.
WordNet
sickness benefit
n. money paid (by the government) to someone who is too ill to work [syn: sick benefit]