fringe benefit

noun

1. any of various benefits, as free life or health insurance, paid holidays, a pension, etc., received by an employee in addition to regular pay.

fringe benefit

noun

1. an incidental or additional advantage, esp a benefit provided by an employer to supplement an employee's regular pay, such as a pension, company car, luncheon vouchers, etc

fringe benefit

1. A payment to a worker in addition to salary or wages . It may take the form of cash, goods , or services , and may include such items as health insurance, pension plans, and paid vacations.

Word History and Origins

Origin of fringe benefit¹

First recorded in 1945–50

Example Sentences

Flying aboard official government aircraft is considered a taxable fringe benefit and any relatives who travel with the president must pay taxes at the equivalent of having received a first-class seat for the same itinerary.

From Washington Times

Sant wrote that his office was unable to conclude whether such benefits are a “taxable fringe benefit” that would fall outside the general constitutional prohibition on midterm increases.

From Seattle Times

If nonbusiness guests, such as family, ride along on a business flight, it's treated as a fringe benefit, which is taxable.

From Salon

“The fringe benefit of the investigations and arrests of Jan. 6 have given the bureau the opportunity to interview thousands of the people the F.B.I. otherwise would not have contacted. You’ve now developed a vast amount of intelligence and informants from those interviews.”

From New York Times

Ousley may book gigs in places like the catacombs of the Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn or a cave underneath St. George’s Church in Manhattan, but that gothic site specificity is a theatrical, tongue-in-cheek fringe benefit.

From New York Times

Related Words

• compensation package
• perk
• perquisite