DEATH BENEFIT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does death benefit mean? 

• DEATH BENEFIT (noun)
  The noun DEATH BENEFIT has 1 sense:

1. insurance or pension money payable to a beneficiary of a deceased

  Familiarity information: DEATH BENEFIT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DEATH BENEFIT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Insurance or pension money payable to a beneficiary of a deceased

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("death benefit" is a kind of...):

benefit (financial assistance in time of need)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "death benefit"):

advance death benefit (a percentage of death benefits paid directly to policy holders having a short life expectancy (usually 6 months))