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family credit

British  

noun

  1. (formerly, in Britain) a means-tested allowance paid to low-earning families with one or more dependent children and one or both parents in work: replaced by Working Families' Tax Credit in 1999

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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This year, Parsons, 44 years old, locked the family credit card.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 21, 2026

Three lots of Roy family credit cards were auctioned, but they won’t be accepted at your local supermarket.

From Seattle Times Jan. 13, 2024

Bleddyn's family credit the inclusiveness of the gym and coach Simon Roach, a former Commonwealth athlete and trainer, with helping with his and other disabled athletes' development.

From BBC Jun. 17, 2023

They are like foolish teenagers trusted with the family credit card.....any stupid expenditure to gain favor and standing with those whose attention they crave.

From New York Times Feb. 13, 2018

If I may say so," observed the old clergyman, with a sly gallantry, "you do not give the gentlemen of your family credit for the most remarkable feature of their marriage connections.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 90, June, 1875 by Various

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