(formerly, in Britain) a means-tested allowance paid to low-earning families with one or more dependent children and one or both parents in work: replaced by Working Families' Tax Credit in 1999
Examples of 'family credit' in a sentence
family credit
It is true that he has stealthily redistributed wealth through his cumbersome family credit scheme.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Childless workers under 25 or who work less than 30 hours a week lose most as they don't get working tax or family credits.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The company plans to give low-income families credit to buy household goods at an annual interest rate of 42.6%.