a family allowance; (Australian) a payment awarded after the birth of a child; (Canadian) a regular monthly allowance granted to parents of…

Any financial benefit paid for the support of a dependent family; spec. (in New Zealand) a former state allowance paid to a parent or guardian for…

a tax allowance granted to parents of dependent children; (also, loosely) = child benefit n.

Originally: any allowance paid for the support of a dependent family. Now chiefly: spec. (also with capital initials) a state allowance paid to a…

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…

(chiefly in the United Kingdom) a state allowance paid to a parent or guardian for each child cared for (replacing family allowance: see family allo…