fringe benefits
21fringe benefit — n: an employment benefit (as a pension, a paid holiday, or health insurance) granted by an employer that has a monetary value but that does not affect basic wage rates Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. fringe benefit …
22fringe benefit — ➔ benefit1 * * * fringe benefit UK US noun [C, usually plural] ► HR an extra thing that is given to you by your employer in addition to your pay but is not in the form of money: »Fringe benefits include a company car and free health insurance. →… …
23fringe — early 14c., from O.Fr. frenge thread, strand, fringe, hem (early 14c.), from V.L. *frimbia, metathesis of L. fimbriae (pl.) fibers, threads, fringe, of uncertain origin. Figurative sense of outer edge, margin, is first recorded 1894. As a verb,… …
24fringe benefit — fringe .benefit n [C usually plural] an additional service or advantage given with a job besides wages ▪ A competitive salary with fringe benefits will be offered …
25fringe benefit — any of various benefits, as free life or health insurance, paid holidays, a pension, etc., received by an employee in addition to regular pay. [1945 50] * * * Any nonwage payment or benefit granted to employees by employers. Examples include… …
26fringe benefit — noun an incidental benefit awarded for certain types of employment (especially if it is regarded as a right) (Freq. 2) a limousine is one of the fringe benefits of the job • Syn: ↑perquisite, ↑perk • Hypernyms: ↑benefit • H …
27fringe — /frɪndʒ / (say frinj) noun 1. an ornamental bordering having projecting lengths of thread, cord, etc., either loose or variously arranged or combined. 2. anything resembling or suggesting this: a fringe of trees around a field. 3. hair falling… …
28fringe benefit — /frɪndʒ benɪfɪt/ noun an extra item given by a company to workers in addition to a salary, e.g. company cars or private health insurance ● The fringe benefits make up for the poor pay. ● Use of the company recreation facilities is one of the… …
29fringe benefit — An item of *compensation, other than *money, paid to an employee of an organization. Sometimes referred to simply as benefits, common fringe benefits include (i) the use of a motor vehicle, (ii) health care insurance, and (iii) travel insurance …
30fringe — 1. adj. Peripheral, unofficial, not well established, minor. (Often theat., of experimental performances.) 2. n. Activities of this kind (usu. theat.). 3. fringe benefits Advantages additional to salary in employment. Any additional benefits …
