death benefit

noun [C or U]

Definition

› INSURANCE money that a person's insurance or pension company pays to their family or another person when they die: Please read these notes before completing the death benefit nomination form.

(Definition of death benefit noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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