fringe benefit
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- noun
- /frɪndʒ ˈbɛnɪfɪt/
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beneficio adicional
- Faculty satisfaction variables include satisfaction with salary, satisfaction with fringe benefits, and satisfaction with the teaching support provided by the institution.
- salary and fringe benefits
- pay and fringe benefits
- wage with fringe benefits
Examples
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Under current law, compensation in the form of fringe benefits such as health insurance is tax-free.
Blog text (30) -
Work stinks, but the fringe benefits are great.
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But with this kind of fringe benefit...
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Well... this one does have a little fringe benefit.
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It's everything you said, including the fringe benefits.
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And lots of fringe benefits, too.
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I know the pay is low, but I hear the fringe benefits are outstanding.
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Their wages are higher than the average home care aide, and they receive fringe benefits as well as guaranteed hours.
Academic text (2001) -
Instead, companies began offering fringe benefits, and hospitalization insurance became a popular job perk.
Academic text (1999) -
Many workers value the fringe benefit of having health insurance provided by their employer.
Synonyms
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A payment from the government or an employer to help people who need money
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An extra benefit you get at a job, like free lunch
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A special extra benefit you get from a job like a company car
How Valuable
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase combines 'fringe' (edge, peripheral) with 'benefit' (advantage/payment), so its sense of an additional or peripheral perk provided by an employer is partly derivable from the constituents. However, 'fringe' in this abstract, workplace sense and the conventional collocation 'fringe benefit' may not be fully predictable to a B1 learner without exposure, so the transparency is limited.
Etymology
Fringe benefit may come from the image of a cloth fringe, a small decorative edge on clothing, together with benefit, meaning 'an extra advantage'. So a fringe benefit is a small extra from work, like health insurance or a company car, given in addition to salary.