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benefit offset

 
 
noun [C] US FINANCE

Definition

a reduction in the amount of payments someone receives from their pension plan because they owe the plan money or because they are receiving payments from another plan: A benefit offset can occur when the beneficiary also has another source of benefits that must be taken into account.
(Definition of benefit offset noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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