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单词 cold-weather payment
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cold-weather payment in British English

(ˈkəʊldˌwɛðə ˈpeɪmənt)
noun
(in Britain) a payment made by the government to people on low incomes when the temperature falls below a certain level for a specific number of days

Examples of 'cold-weather payment' in a sentence
cold-weather payment

Its abolition need not affect the poorest, who already receive cold weather payment and pension credit.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
And we will have to forget about cold weather payments.
The Sun (2011)
Plus if you think that you should receive cold weather payments.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Recipients of pension credits can also get cold weather payments during particularly cold winters.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Emergency cold weather payments were meanwhile triggered for pensioners.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Cold weather payments are triggered when the temperature drops below zero for seven consecutive days.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The warm weather test for cold weather payments seems principally designed to lure the other parties to go further.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The investigation and emergency cold weather payments were welcomed by campaigners for the elderly, the group most vulnerable to the cold.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
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