in receipt of assistance
collocation in Englishmeaningsofin,receiptandassistance
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in
adjective
uk/ɪn/us/ɪn/
fashionable ...
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receipt
noun
uk/rɪˈsiːt/us/rɪˈsiːt/
something such as a piece of paper or message proving that money, goods, or information have ...
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assistance
noun[U]
uk/əˈsɪs.təns/us/əˈsɪs.təns/
help:
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(Definition ofin,receiptandassistancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Later questions queried whether the respondent was inreceiptofassistancefor household tasks and whether the housekeeper was funded in whole or part by a public authority.
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That let in other people who previously were not inreceiptofassistanceand the number increased by 30,000.
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There are many more who could be inreceiptofassistancebut who do not apply for it.
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Four survivors are inreceiptofassistancefrom the fund.
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Too many papers reported their police court cases as though thereceiptofassistancewas in itself some sort of offence.
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In some of them they over-contribute towards their own forces; in other cases they are inreceiptofassistancefrom this country.
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I know that there are 2¼ million people inreceiptofassistancewho will be disappointed.
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Poles not living in hostels who are inreceiptofassistanceare not distinguished from applicants for assistance generally but their number is small.
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All those who are inreceiptofassistance, those who are old age pensioners, those with large families, those who are chronic sick and all the rest require it too.
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Information regarding the postponement of projects inreceiptofassistanceis not readily available.
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Pancras, 10 applications, 10 of which were inreceiptofassistance.
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We believe that it should be treated as a grant rather than going through the profit and loss account of the company which is inreceiptofassistance.
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