cafeteria plan

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noun

a fringe-benefit plan under which employees may choose from among various benefits those that best fit their needs, up to a specified dollar value.

Origin of cafeteria plan

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First recorded in 1985–90

Also called cafeteria benefit plan .

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How to use cafeteria plan in a sentence

The whimsical notion occurred to Ward that he might post Brophy on the advantages of a cafeteria plan of operating his hostelry.
Joan of Arc of the North Woods | Holman Day
The employees' lunchroom—conducted on the cafeteria plan—serves four thousand men and women each working day.
The Romance of a Great Store | Edward Hungerford

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