benefit payments
State financial support
Benefit payments are regular sums of money paid by a government or institution to people who qualify under specific programs—unemployment benefits, disability benefits, retirement benefits.
The term emphasizes the ongoing, scheduled nature of these payments: She depends on benefit payments to cover rent.
In British usage, simply benefits often refers to government welfare assistance.
- government assistanceState-provided support for citizens
- welfare checkVisit to confirm someone's okay
- scholarshipsFunds awarded for study
- food stampsSubsidized grocery purchasing vouchers
- means testedRequiring proof of poverty
retirement pensions · check · housing subsidies · fellowships · direct deposit · old-age pensions · severance packages · tax credit · stock options · cash · lump sum · back pay · healthcare subsidies · cost of living · tuition reimbursement · bill · card · paper
- unemploymentunemployment, unemployed, jobless, joblessness, unemployment rate
- workers' compworkers' comp, injured worker, injury claim, workplace accident, wage replacement
- pensionspension, pension fund, pension plan, pension funds, pension plans
- Social SecuritySSN, FICA, Social Security Administration, full retirement age, beneficiaries
- payroll deductionspayroll deductions, employee contributions, employer contributions, payroll tax, pension contributions
- victim compensationvictim compensation, compensation claims, injury compensation, victim assistance, victim services
benefit paymentswages
Payment for work
salary · earned income · employment income · paycheck · pay
benefit paymentspremium payments
Recurring insurance charges
contributions · payroll taxes · social security contributions · premiums · payroll deductions
benefit paymentsprivate wealth
Individually owned financial resources
savings · assets · capital gains · dividends · self-reliance
benefit, payment, benefits, benefited, benefiting, beneficial, beneficiary, beneficence, beneficent