income support

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noun

(in Britain, formerly) a social security payment for people on very low incomes

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Words nearby income support

income group, income maintenance, incomer, incomes policy, income statement, income support, income tax, incoming, incommensurable, incommensurate, in commission

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How to use income support in a sentence

“I do not support gay marriages being recognized in Florida,” he wrote Andrew Walther of Sanford.
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If the Israel model ban were directed towards disordered eating, Ravin says she would support it whole-heartedly.
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In October, he traveled to Denver with Fry to support his work with LGBT rights organization The Matthew Sheppard Foundation.
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A Republican candidate hoping to win red state support could find a worse team to root for than one from Dallas.
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Both are considered marginal figures in the House GOP caucus and have no real base of support for their respective bids.
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His enemies persistently insinuated that he was really returning to Spain to support the clericals actively.
The Philippine Islands|John Foreman
Several able speakers had made long addresses in support of the bill when one Mr. Morrisett, from Monroe, took the floor.
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Martini was on his mission to Vienna; but another valet was put into the chariot to support the Duke.
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A double detachment of soldiers was already there, with orders to support him in case of resistance.
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Danger threatened from two of them: Mr Bellamy had not afforded the support which he had promised.
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