maternity benefit

noun

1. (in the British National Insurance scheme) a payment ( maternity allowance ) made to a pregnant woman who usually works but does not qualify for statutory maternity pay, normally from 11 weeks before confinement for a period of 18 weeks; there is also a flat-rate benefit ( maternity grant ) for those on low incomes

Example Sentences

Maternity benefit is anticipated in a donation of twenty shillings to every poor mother at the birth of a child.

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