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the amount of money to be paid under the terms of an insurance policy to the designated beneficiary upon the death of the insured.

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Origin of death benefit

First recorded in 1920–25

Words nearby death benefit

death angel, death anxiety, deathbed, death before dishonor, death bell, death benefit, Death, be not proud, deathblow, death camass, death camp, death cap

How to use death benefit in a sentence

The legislation raises the death benefit from $10,000 to $50,000 for all new petitions.
“These Findings Boggle My Mind”: Audit Rips Apart Florida Program Created to Aid Brain-Damaged Kids|by Carol Marbin Miller and Daniel Chang, Miami Herald|October 22, 2021|ProPublica
Gig Workers Collective is calling on Instacart to add occupational death benefits, on top of the shopper injury protection insurance that the company began offering in 2019, and to raise the minimum tip to 10 percent.
In Protest of Bad Treatment by Corporate and Customers, Instacart Workers Consider Walk-Off|Jaya Saxena|September 30, 2021|Eater
It raises the parental award to $250,000 and increases the program’s death benefit, a stipend for burial and funeral expenses, from $10,000 to $50,000 — both retroactive to families currently in the program.
Florida Program to Aid Brain-Damaged Infants Publicly Embraces Reforms It Once Fought|by Carol Marbin Miller and Daniel Chang, Miami Herald|May 5, 2021|ProPublica
Among other provisions, the bill raises the program’s one-time parental “award” from $100,000 to $250,000 and hikes the death benefit — a payment to cover a child’s final expenses — from $10,000 to $50,000.
Florida Lawmakers Send Lifeline to Families With Brain-Damaged Children|by Daniel Chang and Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald|April 30, 2021|ProPublica

Florida lawmakers already are considering legislation that would increase parents’ one-time benefit from $100,000 to $250,000, as well as an amendment to raise the program’s death benefit from $10,000 to $50,000.
Florida Plans Audit of Program That Blocks Parents of Brain-Damaged Newborns From Suing|by Carol Marbin Miller and Daniel Chang, Miami Herald|April 9, 2021|ProPublica
I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.
The Muslim Cop Killed by Terrorists|Michael Daly|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Asia Bibi, as she is known, was arrested and sentenced to death.
In Defense of Blasphemy|Michael Tomasky|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The most notorious states are Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, where death is an acceptable legal remedy.
In Defense of Blasphemy|Michael Tomasky|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Father Joel Román Salazar died in a car crash in 2013; his death was ruled an accident, but the suspicion of foul play persists.
Mexico’s Priests Are Marked for Murder|Jason McGahan|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The death toll, which experts believe has been significantly undercut by secret burials, stands at 7,905.
The Race for the Ebola Vaccine|Abby Haglage|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
This is the place where the Muscovite criminals are banished to, if they are not put to death.
The Life and Most Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner (1801)|Daniel Defoe
Elyon is the name of an ancient Phœnician god, slain by his son El, no doubt the “first-born of death” in Job xviii.
Solomon and Solomonic Literature|Moncure Daniel Conway
Your sacrifice shall be the agony of agonies, the death of deaths, and yet you'll find yourself unable to resist.
Checkmate|Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
Good is set against evil, and life against death: so also is the sinner against a just man.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
For of sadness cometh death, and it overwhelmeth the strength, and the sorrow of the heart boweth down the neck.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various