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child benefit

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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ˌchild ˈbenefit noun [uncountable]  PEWan amount of money that the British government gives to families with children 儿童津贴〔英国政府发给有孩子家庭的一种津贴〕
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child benefitAs a first step pensions and child benefit were to be raised and long-term supplementary benefit extended to the long-term unemployed.Against this he would gain an extra £4.60 a week in increased child benefit from Labour.If so, we should be told how they will meet their spending commitments on child benefit and pensions.The former refers to payments such as pensions, supplementary benefit, family income supplement, child benefit, and so on.Are changes such as means-testing child benefit and state pensions simply unthinkable?Those without work have the value of their child benefit subtracted from their total welfare payments.With child benefit included their income has been increased from £124.20 to £148.62 a week.
From Longman Business Dictionarychild benefitˈchild ˌbenefit [countable, uncountable] money provided by the government to parents of children until they reach the age of eighteen, or nineteen if they remain in full-time education benefit
ˌchild ˈbenefit nounChineseSyllable
Business amount British government that money gives an the of Corpus


child benefit
ˌchild ˈbenefit noun [uncountable]
an amount of money that the British government gives to families with children


child benefitBrE /ˌtʃaɪld ˈbenɪfɪt/ 🔊NAmE /ˌtʃaɪld ˈbenɪfɪt/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] (in Britain) money that the government regularly pays to parents of children up to a particular age 儿童补助金(由英国政府定期发给儿童的父母,直至儿童长到某一年龄为止)