death benefit

noun

: money payable to the beneficiary of a deceased

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Both term and whole life insurance policies include a terminal illness rider for free, allowing for an advanced death benefit if the insured is diagnosed with a terminal illness. Liz Knueven, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2024 This allows people to tap into their death benefit while still alive to pay for long-term care. Medora Lee, USA TODAY, 30 Oct. 2024 As with potential death benefits, none of that money went to Pérez’s family. Nicole Foy, ProPublica, 22 Oct. 2024 The measure would also establish a $1 million death benefit paid to the family of any officer killed in the line of duty, on top of any existing benefits available. Seth Klamann, The Denver Post, 6 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for death benefit 

Word History

First Known Use

1867, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of death benefit was in 1867

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“Death benefit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/death%20benefit. Accessed 15 Nov. 2024.

Legal Definition

death benefit

noun
: money payable to the beneficiary of a deceased as a benefit (as under a policy of life or accident insurance or a pension plan)

Note: The right to death benefits is generally terminated in cases of fraud, as when an insured commits suicide after purchasing a policy or when the beneficiary murders the insured.

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