advance death benefit

English Thesaurus

1. a percentage of death benefits paid directly to policy holders having a short life expectancy (usually 6 months) (noun.possession)

hypernym	:	death benefit,
definition	:	insurance or pension money payable to a beneficiary of a deceased (noun.possession)

hyponym	:	viatical settlement,
definition	:	cash derived from sale of an insurance policy by a terminally ill policy holder (noun.possession)