单词 | income support |
释义 | > as lemmasincome support income support n. money provided as a supplement to the income of an individual or family income; spec. a means-tested welfare benefit introduced by the British government in 1988 to replace supplementary benefit. ΚΠ 1969 B. L. Heineman et al. Poverty amid Plenty (U.S. President's Comm.) v. 63/1 The basic income support program recommended by the Commission, if enacted, would represent only a first step toward assuring an adequate income for all persons. 1978 H. Parker (title) Who pays for the children? A new approach to Family Income Support. 1985 Daily Tel. 4 June 6/6 Income support is the name of the new benefit which will replace Supplementary benefit, criticised by the Green Paper as too difficult for claimants to understand and too complex for staff to run. 1996 Independent 11 Sept. 15/4 Family credit..will be offered to anyone between the ages of 16 and 64 to see if more people can be lifted off income support and back into work with a similar wage subsidy called employment top-up (ETU). < as lemmas |
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