fatherless family
collocation in Englishmeaningsoffatherlessandfamily
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fatherless
adjective
uk/ˈfɑː.ðə.ləs/us/ˈfɑː.ðɚ.ləs/
without ...
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family
noun
uk/ˈfæm.əl.i/us/ˈfæm.əl.i/
a group of people who are related to each other, such as a mother, a father, and ...
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(Definition offatherlessandfamilyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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She also mentioned the interesting idea of afatherlessfamilyallowance.
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The average weekly income of afatherlessfamilyis almost exactly half that of a two-parent family.
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Thefatherlessfamilyallowance might be seen as an alternative to the supplementary benefit allowance.
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It has, therefore, been suggested that they should have afatherlessfamilyallowance not subject to means test.
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Most families today, soon after the second child is born, enjoy at least two wages; but thefatherlessfamilymust depend on a single wage or on supplementary benefit.
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Priests came to the house regularly and support was offered to thefatherlessfamily.
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The situation was marked by malnutrition, a shortage of housing, the misery of refugees and, in the beginning, frequently also by a rather large number of fatherless families.
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His plea for "the greatest national heartbreak of the fatherless families" and for those struggling along on low fixed incomes was met with uncomprehending stares.
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Fatherless families are a group which should be treated on similar lines, whatever the cause of their lacking a father.
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In each area one finding was consistent—that the income of fatherless families was less than half the income of two-parent families.
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We have been determined to protect the interests of the elderly, the sick, the fatherless families who rely on supplementary benefits.
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Assistance provisions for other fatherless families are available subject to maintenance conditions on the other parent or putative father.
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Of the fatherless families, there were 190,000 wives separated from their husbands, 120,000 women who were divorced, 120,000 widows and 90,000 single women.
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Also, fatherless families and families with one child will be assisted.
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He talked about bringing up the amount of supplementary benefit for fatherless families.
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