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cafeteria plan

cafeteria plan noun: an employee benefit plan that allows employees to choose between different types of benefits.

Noun

cafeteria plan (plural cafeteria plans)

  1. An employee benefit plan that allows employees to choose between different types of benefits.
    Synonyms:
    cafeteria system

Synonyms of cafeteria plan

  • cafeteria system

Forms of cafeteria plan

pluralcafeteria plans

Origin of cafeteria plan

By analogy to a diner choosing items from a cafeteria menu.

Questions about cafeteria plan

What does cafeteria plan mean?
Cafeteria plan means an employee benefit plan that allows employees to choose between different types of benefits.
What part of speech is cafeteria plan?
Cafeteria plan is a noun.
What is the plural of cafeteria plan?
The plural of cafeteria plan is cafeteria plans.

Words near cafeteria plan in the dictionary

  1. cafeteria Catholicism
  2. cafeteria Catholics
  3. cafeteria Christian
  4. cafeteria Christianity
  5. cafeteria Christians
  6. cafeteria plan
  7. cafeteria plans
  8. cafeteria truck
  9. cafeteria trucks
  10. cafeteria wagon
  11. cafeteria wagons

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