fringe benefit

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noun

any of various benefits, as free life or health insurance, paid holidays, a pension, etc., received by an employee in addition to regular pay.

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Origin of fringe benefit

First recorded in 1945–50

Words nearby fringe benefit

frilly, Frimaire, Friml, fringe, fringe area, fringe benefit, fringed gentian, fringed orchis, fringed polygala, fringehead, fringe-toed lizard

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How to use fringe benefit in a sentence

While many agents work full time, a growing segment are independent contractors who don’t get paid holidays, vacation time or fringe benefits.
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Two-thirds of those who likely to benefit from the new policy are Mexican.
Why Mexicans Are Enraged by Obama’s Big Tuesday Meeting|Ruben Navarrette Jr.|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Not for the benefit of the harasser, of course, but for your own safety.
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When the audience laughed he added that, “They think freedom would benefit them but they were cheated.”
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And in either case, “the significant benefit from allowing Wi-Fi hotspots outweighs these concerns.”
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“Hence, there might be a net benefit, at least to some females, of breeding within the natal group,” the researchers speculate.
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As he walked back to his hotel, his head was full of plans for the girl's transient pleasure and lasting benefit.
Rosemary in Search of a Father|C. N. Williamson
Mr. Spurrell came down to see a horse, and we shall be very glad to have the benefit of his opinion by-and-by.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 107, November 3, 1894|Various
These oral inanities only served to make Lyn give me the benefit of a look of amused wonder.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair
Once he permitted himself a digression, that he might point a moral for the benefit of his servant.
St. Martin's Summer|Rafael Sabatini
This lesson in figures is given for the benefit of those who have not yet mastered Numeric Thinking.
Assimilative Memory|Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)

British Dictionary definitions for fringe benefit

fringe benefit

noun

an incidental or additional advantage, esp a benefit provided by an employer to supplement an employee's regular pay, such as a pension, company car, luncheon vouchers, etc

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Cultural definitions for fringe benefit

fringe benefit

A payment to a worker in addition to salary or wages. It may take the form of cash, goods, or services, and may include such items as health insurance, pension plans, and paid vacations.

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