单词 | social benefit |
释义 | > as lemmassocial benefit social benefit n. (a) a benefit to society, frequently resulting from technological advancement; (b) a benefit payable under a social security system. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > [noun] > an advantage, benefit, or favourable circumstance > a benefit > social social benefit1735 society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > grants and allowances > [noun] > state allowance benefit1911 welfare benefit1913 welfare cheque1922 social security1943 pogey1954 entitlement programme1956 SS1963 social1966 welfare1970 social benefit1972 relief1995 1735 ‘Philoveritas’ Ess. on Relig. 80 All mankind are then to acknowledge all good Offices done by, and social Benefits received from Mankind. 1872 ‘G. Eliot’ Middlemarch III. vi. lvi. 241 Your neatly-carved argument for a social benefit which they [sc. rustics] do not feel. 1963 J. R. Sargent in M. Shanks Lessons of Public Enterprise xv. 250 A balancing of social benefits against social costs. 1972 Guardian 30 Dec. 4/1 From Monday every citizen of the nine nations..is entitled to the same pay and..social benefits..as fellow Europeans. 2002 M. Kurlansky Salt (2003) xxi. 354 Hundreds of workers are undeclared so that the salt traders can avoid paying them social benefits. < as lemmas |
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