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incapacity benefit UK US noun [C or U]
► GOVERNMENT in the UK, a regular payment from the government to people who are unable to work because of illness or injury: be on/receive incapacity benefit »
Officials plan to verify that all people on incapacity benefit still qualify for the income they receive.
»She was unable to work for 18 months but now has come off incapacity benefit.
Financial and business terms. 2012.