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death benefit

NOUN
insurance or pension money paid out to a deceased person's beneficiary
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“My wife and I don’t have children, so the death benefit isn’t important to us,” the reader wrote.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 1, 2026

The death benefit may not be as advantageous to you, given that you are single with no children.

From MarketWatch • May 6, 2026

That is less than half the $800,000 cash-in value of Montana’s policy and a fraction of the death benefit, according to a court challenge she made this year.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 6, 2025

The railroad company he worked for gave Gianetsas, who could barely speak English at the time, a death benefit worth $1,500.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 20, 2024

Pay that premium, and I tell you now that the company will never pay a death benefit with less hesitation than it will pay this one.

From The Best Policy by Flower, Elliott



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