disability check Meaning of "disability check"

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Definition(s):

  • (n) a monthly payment made to someone who has become disabled and is unable to work

Usage(s):

  1. But the Eshelmans' world may be on the brink of collapse because of new federal rules that could take away Jonathan's $74-a-week disability check.
  2. Unable to return to his job as a postal carrier, he gets by on a $2,000 monthly disability check from the Department of Veterans Affairs.
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