death grant

noun

1. (in the British National Insurance scheme) a grant payable to a relative, executor, etc, after the death of a person

Example Sentences

O LORD, who didst give to thy servant Saint George grace to lay aside the fear of man, and to be faithful even unto death: Grant that we, unmindful of worldly honour, may fight the wrong, uphold thy rule, and serve thee to our lives’ end; through Jesus Christ our Lord.

From Washington Times

So in the scene where Poitier, as the investigating cop, discloses her husband’s death, Grant says, “I just went into that place of loss.”

From Los Angeles Times

Days before his death, Grant was arrested for the illegal possession of prescription drugs after he was accused of stealing from the police department’s discarded medication vault, according to The Times of Northwest Indiana.

From Washington Times

Thanks to thee with every breath Jesus, for thy bitter death; Grant thy guilty one this prayer: When my dying hour is near, Gracious God, be nigh!

From Project Gutenberg

"I am come, citizens, before you," said this amiable son, "to implore the release of my mother; she is pining in the prison of Rouen, without having committed any offence; she is in years; and if her confinement continues, her children whose fortunes have been placed at the disposal of the65 national exigencies, will have to lament her death; grant the prayer of her son, restore, I conjure you, by all the rights of nature, restore her to her afflicted family."

From Project Gutenberg