family cap
Politics (originally and chiefly US )
noun
A policy limiting the benefits made available to a family by the State; especially one that prevents a family in receipt of welfare assistance from receiving additional assistance because of the birth of another child.
Origin
1980s; earliest use found in United Press International.
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