housing benefitnoun [ U ]
uk/ˈhaʊ.zɪŋ ˌben.ɪ.fɪt/us/ˈhaʊ.zɪŋ ˌben.ə.fɪt/in the UK, money paid by the government to help people who are poor pay for a place to live in
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Social security & state benefits
- AFDC
- be on relief idiom
- benefit
- child benefit
- claim
- claimant
- EBT
- family allowance
- family credit
- giro
- income support
- means testing
- sickness benefit
- sign
- sign off
- social security
- social welfare
- unemployment benefit
- welfare
- welfare state
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