income support

income support
   British
   money paid by the state to poorer people
   One of a sequence of phrases meant to mask any suggestion of charity in such payments:
    ... she was only £10 a week better off than when she was on income support (as national assistance is now called). (A. Waugh in Daily Telegraph, 8 October 1994)

How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms. . 2014.

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  • income support — income sup.port n [U] money that is given by the government in Britain to people who have no income or a very low income …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • income support — an income related benefit payable to those whose income does not exceed a specified minimum. It replaced supplementary benefit in 1988 …   Medical dictionary

  • income support — an income related benefit payable to those whose income does not exceed a specified minimum. It replaced supplementary benefit in 1988 …   The new mediacal dictionary

  • income support — UK / US noun [uncountable] British in the UK, money that the government pays to people who have a very low income or no income at all …   English dictionary

  • income support — assurance of income, assurance of minimum wage for a worker …   English contemporary dictionary

  • income support — noun (in the UK and Canada) payment made by the state to people on a low income …   English new terms dictionary

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