fringe benefits

noun

plural of fringe benefit
as in benefits
something extra (such as vacation time) that is given by an employer to workers in addition to their regular pay The company offered extensive fringe benefits to recruit the most qualified employees.

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Recent Examples of fringe benefits Voters in Allegheny County have rejected a measure on the ballot in Tuesday's midterm elections that would've allowed county council members expand their staff and receive fringe benefits. — Mike Darnay, CBS News, 4 Nov. 2026 Historians have said the act played a key role in expanding insurance for American workers because employers, unable to offer higher wages, offered insurance and other types of fringe benefits. — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 28 Sep. 2026 Coaches will receive fringe benefits on top of their annaul salaries. — Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 May 2026 That number doesn’t include fringe benefits. — Steve Forbes, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026 Unions counter that remote work options improve efficiency for many jobs and are help state government recruit new employees — a task that became harder after union concession deals in 2009, 2011 and 2017 weakened fringe benefits. — Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 13 Jan. 2026 His vision of improving New York always included a few fringe benefits for himself. — Rachel Tashjian, CNN Money, 2 Jan. 2026 The program has fringe benefits for others, too. — Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 6 Sep. 2025 Some other changes Balon would like to make to his department to compete with other counties and municipalities that offer more compensation to their officers both in wages and fringe benefits, including a significant bump in longevity pay. — Shelley Jones, Chicago Tribune, 24 Aug. 2025
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  1. benefits
  2. grants
Noun
  • If approved, Measure M would charge property owners $95 per parcel each year with exemptions available for some seniors and people receiving disability benefits.
    — Chaewon Chung, Sacbee.com, 4 Nov. 2026
  • The ordinance, approved Tuesday and introduced by Mayor John Heilman, allows people to register their multi-partner relationships with the city, giving them rights to hospital visitation and additional tenant protections, among other benefits.
    — Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of benefits
Noun
  • The duo co-sponsored the Youth Sports Facilities Act of 2025, a bipartisan bill that would make youth sports eligible for federal economic development grants.
    — Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 5 Nov. 2026
  • One proposal from the OMB in particular, a set of rule changes that would have granted political appointees—and not area experts—control over which grants were approved, was voted down by Congress in a stopgap funding bill that passed in September.
    — Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of grants

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“Fringe benefits.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fringe%20benefits. Accessed 8 Nov. 2026.

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