widow's benefit

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widow's benefit

(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) (in the British National Insurance scheme) a former weekly payment made to a widow

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If your wife earned more than you, you are entitled to widower's benefits. When a widow or widower, or a surviving ex-spouse, waits until age 60 or later to remarry, they preserve the right to collect Social Security benefits on their deceased spouse's earnings record.

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Any female member's service prior to this date does not count towards widower's benefits."

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Husbands of women who died before April 9, 2001 may be entitled to widower's benefits or to widowed father's allowance after a European Court of Human Rights decision.