dearness allowancenoun [ U ]
uk/ˈdɪə.nəs əˌlaʊ.əns/us/ˈdɪr.nəs əˌlaʊ.əns/Indian Englishan amount of money that is added to a person's basic pay or pension because of rising prices and other costs:
Giving relief to its employees and pensioners from inflation, the central government announced a seven percentage point increase in dearness allowance.
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Grants & allowances
- all expenses paid idiom
- allowance
- benefit
- bursary
- civil list
- cost-of-living allowance
- endowment
- expense account
- freeship
- fringe benefit
- housekeeping
- parachute payments
- redundancy payment
- scholarship
- stabilizer
- subsidize
- subsidy
- travel expenses
- unemployment
- unemployment benefit
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