sickness benefit

English Thesaurus

1. money paid (by the government) to someone who is too ill to work (noun.possession)

hypernym	:	benefit,
definition	:	financial assistance in time of need (noun.possession)

domain region	:	britain, great britain, u.k., uk, united kingdom, united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland,
definition	:	a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom (noun.location)