generous benefit
collocation in Englishmeaningsofgenerousandbenefit
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generous
adjective
uk/ˈdʒen.ər.əs/us/ˈdʒen.ər.əs/
willing to give money, help, kindness, etc., especially more than is usual ...
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benefit
noun
uk/ˈben.ɪ.fɪt/us/ˈben.ə.fɪt/
a helpful or good effect, or something intended ...
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(Definition ofgenerousandbenefitfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The consequent policies would seem residualist rather than structuralist but at much moregenerousbenefitlevels.
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Over time, however, some individuals started to use thegenerousbenefitsystems more and more, and institutions that had earlier preached the virtues of work stopped doing so.
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Perhaps 12 years later it is renewed with new evidence, and on that evidence, and giving agenerousbenefitof the doubt, it is granted.
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They will be earning money and earning a better income than even the mostgenerousbenefitsystem could ever provide for them.
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I have referred to the very favourable conditions upon which war pension claims are considered and which include agenerousbenefitof the doubt.
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In our compassion, we tried to give a verygenerousbenefitto those suffering from invalidity.
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Is not this another good argument for introducing a new and moregenerousbenefitfor lone parents?
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There can be no basis in the long term for a lessgenerousbenefitsystem for married couples than exists for lone parents.
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The deferred pension is linked to the retail price index and that is an extremelygenerousbenefit.
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The figure is based on the fact that, as a moregenerousbenefit, family credit will be more widely available.
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Because family credit is a moregenerousbenefitthan family income supplement and will go to many more families we expect it to become much better known.
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Family credit is a much moregenerousbenefitthan family income supplement which it replaced.
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We have a great deal of experience and, with a moregenerousbenefitgoing to more people, it is fair to say that more people will claim.
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Because family credit is a moregenerousbenefitthan family income supplement and will go to many more families, we expect it to become much better known.
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Its provision is characterised by universal and comparatively generous benefits, a commitment to full employment and income protection, and a strongly interventionist state.
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By the end of his life, however, he received a measure of forgiveness, and shortly before his death the theatre community held agenerousbenefitfor him.
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This anti-inflation effect would be most pronounced if the government would be willing to give generous benefits to labor.
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While providing more generous benefits increases employees' appreciation, it can also be very expensive.
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However, what is unique is that a post-productivist regime would grant these generous benefits to the non-productive without pressurizing them to re-enter the labour market.
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The new program was to be federally funded; it was to be indexed for inflation, and would provide more stable and generous benefits than the existing adult assistance programs.
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