How to Use fringe benefit in a Sentence

fringe benefit

noun
  • Or is the success sort of an after-the-fact fringe benefit?
    Vulture, 12 May 2022
  • And there's a fringe benefit to having a party that's just a couple of hours or so.
    Carol Deptolla, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 30 June 2020
  • The fringe benefits included in the fare vary widely from line to line.
    Christian L. Wright, WSJ, 28 Mar. 2018
  • After all, who doesn’t want to reap some fringe benefits?
    Elise Taylor, Vogue, 25 May 2018
  • He was supposed to be paid roughly $23 an hour plus $20 in fringe benefits.
    John Diedrich, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 7 Sep. 2017
  • Of all of the professional fringe benefits available today, surfers have some of the best.
    Mackenzie Wagoner, Glamour, 17 Sep. 2018
  • Taxes and fringe benefit costs would be subtracted from the $300, Poore said.
    Cynthia Howell, Arkansas Online, 20 July 2021
  • Those cases that offered a chance to twinkle were a fringe benefit.
    BostonGlobe.com, 13 June 2021
  • Those are just the fringe benefits to being a cut above the rest and a Kardashian family member.
    Kathleen Hou, The Cut, 17 Jan. 2018
  • The case for treating these mansions as a nontaxable fringe benefit has always been weak.
    WSJ, 14 Oct. 2018
  • The failure of public agencies to pay taxes on fringe benefits puts the agencies at risk for a substantial bill for back taxes.
    Kay Lazar, BostonGlobe.com, 8 June 2018
  • That this repackaging means opening Joyce up to new experience comes to seem like more than a fringe benefit.
    Daniel D'addario, Variety, 14 Mar. 2022
  • If nonbusiness guests, such as family, ride along on a business flight, it’s treated as a fringe benefit, which is taxable.
    Paul Kiel, ProPublica, 5 Apr. 2023
  • Yet, those structures were a fringe benefit compared to its main purpose: employment.
    Max Holleran, The New Republic, 15 June 2021
  • Lamont wants to change that so the state will cover a portion of the fringe benefit costs for all higher education employees.
    Hartford Courant, 8 Feb. 2023
  • Perhaps relatability to players was a fringe benefit of the turnover.
    Nathan Baird, cleveland, 25 Nov. 2021
  • My birthday visit to the symphony also brought a welcome fringe benefit.
    Danny Heitman, WSJ, 15 Feb. 2023
  • Gifting cash to employees for the holidays would not be considered a fringe benefit.
    Tom Cooney and Crystal Faulkner, The Enquirer, 15 Dec. 2020
  • Plus, there are several fringe benefits: Upon closing the book, you will be tempted to race to the nearest paper goods store to procure a fancy-schmancy planner.
    Angela Haupt, Washington Post, 9 July 2019
  • And that fringe benefit discussed earlier in this story?
    Ron Hurtibise, Sun Sentinel, 4 Sep. 2022
  • That schedule could have fringe benefits for Democrats, who want to force a Senate vote next week on a war powers measure aimed at constraining Trump’s military options with Iran.
    Nicholas Fandos, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Jan. 2020
  • De minimus fringe benefits are tax-deductible, and many businesses use an informal cutoff of $75 per gift.
    Tom Cooney and Crystal Faulkner, Cincinnati.com, 19 Dec. 2019
  • Finding a new relationship between Saturn and its water-bearing moon is a fringe benefit of the mission.
    Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics, 10 July 2018
  • This new corner of the labor market features a lot of freedom and flexibility, sure, but also less-than-stellar wages and few if any fringe benefits.
    Alan S. Blinder, WSJ, 11 June 2018
  • Entering the labor market in tough times, millennials earn lower wages and have fewer fringe benefits than gen-Xers and late baby boomers did as young adults.
    Erin Arvedlund, Philly.com, 16 Mar. 2018
  • One last thought: Treating free parking like any other taxable fringe benefit could even, oddly, benefit some commuters by getting them out from behind the wheel.
    Peter Coy, Bloomberg.com, 15 Sep. 2017
  • But putting aside the potential impact on Antonio's criminal case, there may be a fringe benefit to the Foxitis argument for our society at large.
    Jennifer Rodgers, CNN, 11 May 2021
  • In the past, Mahan said the city comptroller has disallowed a few expenditures by the coalition for items such as miscalculation of fringe benefits.
    Daniel Bice, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 5 Feb. 2018
  • But a big fringe benefit is to get public credit — and to use an improved image to fend off government efforts to more heavily regulate the industry.
    David Gelles, New York Times, 13 Oct. 2020
  • More on Juul The suit, reported initially in Forbes, seeks back pay, lost fringe benefits and other monetary relief but does not specify an amount.
    Catherine Ho, SFChronicle.com, 4 Dec. 2019

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