family allowance
Britishnoun
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(in Britain) a former name for child benefit
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Also called (in Britain and certain other countries): child benefit. (capitals) a regular government payment to the parents of children up to a certain age
Example Sentences
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Because wages are measured before pension deductions, she does not receive any support apart from child family allowance.
From BBC ● May 17, 2022
This is a novel concept in the United States, but not in other parts of the world, where 108 countries have a periodic child or family allowance anchored in national legislation, according to UNICEF.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 8, 2021
The child benefit system was first implemented in 1946 and known as "family allowance".
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2013
The family allowance, unlike the negative income tax, could be sold politically as a program for children rather than the poor, and thus would probably be more acceptable to Congress and the public.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Yes," she said, "Father has still something to pay and he feels he cannot take any more from the family allowance, for there are so many of us."
From Sixty Years of California Song by Alverson, Margaret Blake
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