单词 | baby bonus |
释义 | > as lemmasbaby bonus baby bonus n. colloquial a family allowance; (Australian) a payment awarded after the birth of a child; (Canadian) a regular monthly allowance granted to parents of dependent children. Cf. child benefit n. at child n. Compounds 1b.Recorded earliest in attributive use. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > grants and allowances > [noun] > state allowance > family allowance baby bonus1909 family benefit1911 child allowance1920 family allowance1958 family credit1974 child benefit1975 1909 Perry (Iowa) Daily Chief 25 Feb. 2/1 The Iowa legislature might take this up, as it is in line with the rattle-snake bill, the baby bonus legislation and Representative Miller's right on the doctors. 1912 Advertiser (Adelaide) 15 July 11/8 Mr. Fisher's proposal to grant a baby bonus of £5 was of no value. 1945 D. Dumbrille All this Difference xix. 191 The papers are full of the manpower situation.., conscription..[and] the Baby Bonus. 1976 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 16 Dec. 1/6 Extra tax on rich to be eliminated; baby bonus to rise. 2003 I. Ferguson Village Small Houses xi. 173 He liked not working. He liked collecting a welfare cheque every month. He liked receiving the baby bonus. < as lemmas |
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