family allowance
family allowance · family allowances
A former type of social security payment made to families with childrenA former type of social security payment made to families with children; now replaced by child benefit.
Meaning
1 senses(UK)A former type of social security payment made to families with children; now replaced by child benefit.
Forms
plural: family allowances| Singular | family allowance |
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regular
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.