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noun
wages or other compensation received from an employer during an illness.
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Origin of sick pay

First recorded in 1885–90

OTHER WORDS FROM sick pay

sick-pay, adjective
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British Dictionary definitions for sick pay

sick pay

noun
wages paid to an employee while he is on sick leave
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