spousal benefit
Married person's perk
A spousal benefit is a payment or entitlement extended to someone based on their marriage to an eligible person rather than their own qualifications.
The term appears most often in discussions of Social Security, where a spouse can claim benefits based on their partner's work record: She filed for spousal benefits when her husband retired.
Pension plans, health insurance, and government programs may also provide spousal benefits to married partners of participants.
- pensionRetiree's ongoing benefit
- retirementLeaving the workforce permanently
- survivorOne still alive after
- widowBereaved wife, unmarried since
- widowerMan whose wife died
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