state benefits
Public support payments
State benefits are payments or services provided by government to citizens, typically to support those with low income, disabilities, unemployment, or other qualifying circumstances.
The term is more common in British English; Americans tend to say government benefits or welfare.
She's been on state benefits since losing her job.
The reforms will affect millions who rely on state benefits.
- welfare officesGovernment facilities administering assistance
- unemployment insuranceBenefits for displaced workers
- public assistanceGovernment help for poor
- poverty reductionDecreasing numbers below subsistence
- disability allowancePayment for those with impairments
retirees · veterans · caregivers · food stamps · social safety nets · single parents · immigrants · housing authorities · tax credits · vouchers · safety net · pension schemes · healthcare subsidies · subsidies · students · back to work · education grants · grants
- social welfaresocial welfare, welfare checks, social insurance, social spending, social assistance
- East German policyfull employment, planned economy, free healthcare, housing allocation, kindergartens
- healthcaredoctors, nurses, hospitals, hospital, clinic
- Disability Rightsdisability rights, ADA, Americans with Disabilities Act, reasonable accommodation, accessibility
- public paysalary, gross pay, net pay, pay, pay grades
- public servicecivil servant, civil servants, government employee, public servants, public servant
state benefitsmutual aid
Cooperative community support
family support · personal savings · private insurance · self-reliance · crowdfunding
state benefitsearned income
Pay from work
self-sufficiency · bootstrapping · laissez-faire economics · workfare · rugged individualism
state benefitsearned income
Pay from work
wages · salary · employment income · investment returns · business profits
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