income supportnoun [ U ]
uk/ˌɪn.kʌm səˈpɔːt/us/ˌɪn.kʌm səˈpɔːrt/in the UK, money that is paid by the government to people who have no income or a very low income:
Many single mothers are on income support.
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Social security & state benefits
- AFDC
- be on relief idiom
- benefit
- child benefit
- claim
- claimant
- EBT
- family allowance
- family credit
- giro
- housing benefit
- means testing
- sickness benefit
- sign
- sign off
- social security
- social welfare
- unemployment benefit
- welfare
- welfare state
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