welfare payment
noun[C]
GOVERNMENT,ECONOMICSUSukusanamountofmoneythat ispaidby thegovernmentto someone who isill,poor, or has nojob:
Shereceives$620 amonthinwelfarepayments.
Examplesofwelfare payment
welfare payment
No care or nursing services are available, nor iswelfarepaymentavailable.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In other countries it just means a socialwelfarepaymentof some kind.
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Social insurance payments are used to help pay for social welfare payments and pensions.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.No care or nursing services and welfare payments are available.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.State welfare without sanctions fails to mirror the way that working individuals who do not rely on welfare payments take responsibility for their lives.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.She opposed cuts to welfare payments, and argued that the city's casino revenues should be used to improve the city's bus system.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.She has also, however, become famous for her hardline stand on reducing welfare payments.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Eviction orders would be enforced and welfare payments would be linked to contracts of accommodation.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.I'm in agreement with attaching conditions to welfare payments.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The programme portrays a situation in which people are dependent on welfare payments, and often lack the motivation to find employment.
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