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accidental death benefit

noun

a life insurance benefit, usually in the form of a rider or policy addition, under which the proceeds are payable to the beneficiary only if the insured dies by accident.

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Nearby words

accident insurance, accident proneness, accident tout, accident-prone, accidental, accidental death benefit, accidental hypothermia, accidentalism, accidentally on purpose, accidentology, accidie

Origin of accidental death benefit

First recorded in 1970–75
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019