单词 | family allowance |
释义 | family allowancen. 1. Originally: any allowance paid for the support of a dependent family. Now chiefly: spec. (also with capital initials) a state allowance paid to a parent or guardian for each dependent child. Cf. family benefit n.Family allowance schemes vary by country. In the United Kingdom family allowance (paid for each child in a family except the eldest) was introduced in 1945 and replaced in 1975 by child benefit (see child benefit n. at child n. Compounds 1b). ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > payment for labour or service > [noun] > pay of troops > soldier's pay > additional extraordinary1650 allowance1794 gratuity1804 family allowance1816 society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > grants and allowances > [noun] > state allowance > family allowance baby bonus1909 family benefit1911 child allowance1920 family allowance1958 family credit1974 child benefit1975 1816 Morning Post 17 Aug. Family Allowance.—An allowance is to be granted to the families of men present with the battalion when discharged..at the rate of 3d. a mile each day, for the wives, and 1d. a mile for each child, for the distance to be travelled by them by land to their homes. 1860 Calcutta Rev. 34 411 Chaplains of the two communions might have equivalent pay... A family allowance, in addition, may be given to married chaplains. 1958 New Statesman 11 Jan. 29/1 The most vital and cherished social services—family allowances, school meals, welfare food and welfare milk. 1970 Handbk. Labor Statistics (U.S. Dept. Labor) 386/1 Earnings include family allowances paid by the employer. 1991 L. Shorten Without Reserve vii. 155 My mom finally got a threatening letter that I should go to school or else they were going to cut off the family allowance. 2010 Daily Tel. 8 Oct. 25/3 Forty years ago, my mother suggested that Family Allowance, as it then was, should be abolished and all schoolchildren be given a free meal. 2. U.S. Law. An allowance granted out of the estate of a deceased person to provide financial support to a surviving spouse and any dependent children during the period of the settlement of the estate. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > grants and allowances > [noun] > grant in support aid1419 subvention1570 succour1605 family allowance1861 1861 Statutes Calif. passed at 12th Session Legislature dxxxiv. 640 He [sc. the Executor or Administrator] shall present a petition to the Probate Court, or to the Judge, at chambers, setting forth..the amount due upon the family allowance, or that will be due after the same shall have been in force for one year. 1892 D. E. Alexander & I. Joseph Probate Law, Pract., & Forms vii. §175. 265 If it appear that a sale is necessary for the payment of debts or the family allowance.., the court or judge must order it to be made. 1926 Columbia Law Rev. 26 297 The widow's or family allowance given by statute in most states is a recognition of the favor with which the law looks upon the maintenance and continued well-being of the family group. 1993 C. Reid Search for E. T. Bell i. 32 At every point where the widow entered the record (requesting, for example, ‘a family allowance’) she was identified only as ‘the widow’. 2010 L. A. Shaner Divorce in Golden Years ii. 52 These statutes include a homestead allowance, an exemption of a decedent's personal property, and a family allowance. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1816 |
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