survivors insurance
- noun
- /sərˈvaɪvərz ɪnˈʃʊərəns/
- Specialized
:
seguro de sobrevivientes
- She felt grateful for the survivors insurance, as it eased the burden of bills during a difficult time.
- survivors insurance and disability
Examples
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That primarily encompasses federal retirement insurance, survivor insurance, and disability insurance payments.
Academic text (2004) -
Survivors insurance benefits can help pay for essential expenses after the loss of a loved one.
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Preserving existing disability and survivors insurance greatly escalates the cost of financing private accounts.
Academic text (2007) -
After his father's passing, the survivors insurance provided much-needed financial support to the family.
Synonyms
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A plan that pays money to your family or other people you choose when you die
A regular payment to one person when the other person dies
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound is a straightforward noun–noun composition: a B1 learner who knows 'survivor' and 'insurance' can readily infer it means insurance intended for survivors (e.g., a deceased person's spouse or dependents). This is a transparent, compositional pattern found cross-linguistically and follows normal English noun-modifier semantics, so the meaning is predictable from the parts.
Etymology
Survivors insurance comes from the simple idea that when someone dies, their survivors, such as a spouse or children, are left behind and may need help. The insurance gives money to those people, so the phrase means 'financial support for the surviving family'.