Meanings
nounsick pay (uncountable)
- UKuncountableMoney paid to an employee on sick leave.
Synonyms: sickness allowance, sickness benefit, sick benefit, incapacity benefit
Synonyms & antonyms
nounMoney paid to an employee on sick leave.
Similar
sickness allowancesickness benefitsick benefitincapacity benefit
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 病假工資 /病假工资
- 病假工資 /病假工资 (bìngjià gōngzī)money paid to an employee during his or her sick leave
Danish sygeløn
- sygelønmoney paid to an employee during his or her sick leave
Dutch ziekengeld
- ziekengeldmoney paid to an employee during his or her sick leave
French indemnité journalière
- indemnité journalièremoney paid to an employee during his or her sick leave
German Krankengeld, Lohnfortzahlung
- Krankengeldmoney paid to an employee during his or her sick leave
- Lohnfortzahlungmoney paid to an employee during his or her sick leave
Hungarian táppénz
- táppénzmoney paid to an employee during his or her sick leave
Italian indennità di malattia, sussidio per malattia
- indennità di malattiamoney paid to an employee during his or her sick leave
- sussidio per malattiamoney paid to an employee during his or her sick leave
Latvian slimības nauda
- slimības naudamoney paid to an employee during his or her sick leave
Polish zasiłek chorobowy
- zasiłek chorobowymoney paid to an employee during his or her sick leave
Portuguese subsídio de doença, auxílio-doença
- subsídio de doençamoney paid to an employee during his or her sick leave
- auxílio-doençamoney paid to an employee during his or her sick leave
Spanish subsidio de enfermedad, indemnización por enfermedad
- subsidio de enfermedadmoney paid to an employee during his or her sick leave
- indemnización por enfermedadmoney paid to an employee during his or her sick leave
Swedish sjukpenning
- sjukpenningmoney paid to an employee during his or her sick leave
Cite this entry
APA
sick pay. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sick%20pay
MLA
“sick pay.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sick%20pay. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sick pay,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sick%20pay.
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