receipt of benefit
collocation in Englishmeaningsofreceiptandbenefit
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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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benefit
noun
uk/ˈben.ɪ.fɪt/us/ˈben.ə.fɪt/
a helpful or good effect, or something intended ...
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(Definition ofreceiptandbenefitfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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It is right to ensure that people who are inreceiptofbenefitare entitled to it and that they remain so.
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I approve of the objective of concentrating on subsidising low-paid jobs to widen the gap between earnings from them and the long-termreceiptofbenefit.
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An unemployed person, inreceiptofbenefit, will be subject to the normal earnings rules if he becomes an assistant census officer.
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Refusal to accept a place on the initiative would not in itself result in disqualification fromreceiptofbenefit.
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What the £140 headline meant in practice was that many people inreceiptofbenefitwould not actually receive the money.
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Obviously, when unemployment figures are high and there are large numbers inreceiptofbenefit, the staff required to deal with them is large.
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That is the fundamental precedent to thereceiptofbenefit.
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I am unable to give the number actually inreceiptofbenefit.
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There are just about 2,000,000 persons inreceiptofbenefit, of whom 350,000 are getting transitional benefit.
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Attendance is in general compulsory so long as the unemployed juvenile is inreceiptofbenefitand voluntary otherwise.
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I am unable to give the precise number who were actually inreceiptofbenefit.
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The provision of training for unemployed men not inreceiptofbenefitis for several reasons a matter of special difficulty.
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The remainder were holding current claims to benefit, but a certain proportion were not actually inreceiptofbenefitat that date.
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The 1984 uprating is designed to provide for those inreceiptofbenefitbetween 1984 and 1985.
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When a worker goes off ill or becomes unemployed he is not automatically inreceiptofbenefit.
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No information is held on the number of 16 and 17-year-olds who are not inreceiptofbenefit.
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If a young person inreceiptofbenefitreaches 18, he will have his benefit increased to the full adult rate.
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In other places, it will be necessary only when they are inreceiptofbenefit.
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Those inreceiptofbenefitcould then take it to the post office for the purposes of identification.
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These compare the illustrative rates against information on claimant's presentreceiptofbenefit, including additional requirements.
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