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family credit, n.
Brit. |ˌfam(ɪ)li ˈkrɛdɪt|, |ˌfamlˌi ˈkrɛdɪt|, U.S. |ˈˌfæm(ə)li ˈkrɛdət|
Forms: [Also with capital initials.]
[‹ family n. + credit n.]
In the United Kingdom: a means-tested social security benefit which is paid to low-income families with at least one child, and in which at least one parent works 16 or more hours a week; (later, informally) the Working Families' Tax Credit.
Family Credit was introduced in 1988 to replace the Family Income Supplement and was replaced in 1999 by the Working Families' Tax Credit.
1985Times 4 June 5/2 The most innovative proposal [in the Government Green Paper] is the abolition of Family Income Supplement... It is to be replaced with a new Family Credit... The new credit will involve a ‘substantial premium’ payable to families in low-paid work, plus an allowance for each child, on top of existing child benefit. 1991S. Smith Econ. Policy & Div. Wealth within Family (Inst. Fiscal Stud.) ii. 34 Income is compared with a constant ‘applicable amount’. When income falls below that level, a full family credit, the size of which depends on family composition, is payable. 2002S. Wales Evening Post (Electronic ed.) 18 Jan. They are also one of 3,490 working families on low pay and who qualify for family credit. |