| 单词 | family cap |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfamily cap family cap n. Politics (originally and chiefly U.S.) a policy limiting the benefits made available to a family by the State; esp. one that prevents a family in receipt of welfare assistance from receiving additional assistance because of the birth of another child. ΚΠ 1981 United Press Internat. (Nexis) 15 Nov. The family ‘cap’ would reduce benefits by $1.8 billion annually after next year. 1994 N.Y. Times 11 Sept. xiii. 6/2 Members of her own party..suggested that a family cap should be required of all states. 2006 R. Haskins Work over Welfare ix. 218 Records showed that in the year after implementing the family cap, births to mothers on welfare declined by around 1,500. < as lemmas |
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