UBI

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universal basic income: a government program to alleviate poverty through periodic, fixed, direct payments to every citizen.

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Set some time apart to test your bracket symbol knowledge, and see if you can keep your parentheses, squares, curlies, and angles all straight!

Question 1 of 7

Let’s start with some etymology: What are the origins of the typographical word “bracket”?

First recorded in 2000–05

Multa erat in Nov Franci messis, ubi incol pene belluarum more sine Numinis cognitione vivebant.
The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, Vol. II: Acadia, 1612-1614|Various
Bruslart (ubi supra, i. 136) denies that the erasure was actually made as Charles had commanded.
History of the Rise of the Huguenots|Henry Baird
Letter of Merlin, ubi supra, 239: "Brief c'est merveille que ceste princesse puisse persister constamment en son sainct vouloir."
History of the Rise of the Huguenots|Henry Baird
De Thou's expression (ubi supra), "peu de temps aprs," is therefore unfortunate.
History of the Rise of the Huguenots|Henry Baird

Mmoires de l'estat, ubi supra, 153; Gasparis Colinii Vita , 131.
History of the Rise of the Huguenots|Henry Baird