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Meaning of "child benefit" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF CHILD BENEFIT

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CHILD BENEFIT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Child benefit is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CHILD BENEFIT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Child benefit

Child benefit is a social security payment which is distributed to the parents or guardians of children, teenagers and in some cases, young adults.

Definition of child benefit in the English dictionary

The definition of child benefit in the dictionary is a regular government payment to the parents of children up to a certain age.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CHILD BENEFIT

child abduction
child abuse
child abuser
child actor
child battering
child bride
child cruelty
child development
child endowment
child genius
child guidance
child labour
child lock
child minder
child molester
child prodigy
Child Protection Register
child psychologist
child rearing
child restraint

WORDS THAT END LIKE CHILD BENEFIT

benefit
cost-benefit
death benefit
defined-benefit
disablement benefit
disbenefit
Earnings Related Benefit
fringe benefit
housing benefit
incapacity benefit
injury benefit
invalidity benefit
maternity benefit
refit
retirement benefit
sickness benefit
single parent benefit
standard housing benefit
supplementary benefit
unemployment benefit
widow´s benefit

Synonyms and antonyms of child benefit in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «child benefit» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CHILD BENEFIT

Find out the translation of child benefit to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of child benefit from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «child benefit» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

儿童福利
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

subsidio familiar
570 millions of speakers

English

child benefit
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बच्चे के लाभ
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

إعانة الطفل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

пособие на ребенка
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

abono de família
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

শিশু সুবিধা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

prestations pour enfants
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Manfaat kanak-kanak
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Kindergeld
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

児童手当
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

자녀 혜택
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Entuk manfaat anak
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

lợi ích con
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

குழந்தை நலன்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मुलाला फायदा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

çocuk yardımı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

assegni familiari
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zasiłek rodzinny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

допомога на дитину
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

prestații pentru copii
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

επίδομα τέκνου
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

kind voordeel
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

barnbidrag
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

barnetrygd
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of child benefit

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CHILD BENEFIT»

The term «child benefit» is quite widely used and occupies the 39.326 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CHILD BENEFIT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «child benefit» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «child benefit» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about child benefit

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CHILD BENEFIT»

Discover the use of child benefit in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to child benefit and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Gap-Year Advantage: Helping Your Child Benefit from Time ...
Arguing that many young people can benefit from a time off period between high school and college or during their college years, this practical resource introduces a seven-step program for parents to develop and implement, accompanied by ...
Karl Haigler, Rae Nelson, 2005
2
Child Benefit Act 2005: Elizabeth II
An Act to make provision for and in connection with altering the descriptions of persons in respect of whom a person may be entitled to child benefit.
Great Britain, 2005
3
The best start in life?: alleviating deprivation, improving ...
This short evidence note does not address all the questions posed by the Committee, but instead focuses on the case for: — a shift in emphasis in support for children towards child benefit; — increases in adult benefit rates, especially those for ...
Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Work and Pensions Committee, 2008
4
Budget Perspectives 2007
The main child income support instruments at present include Child Benefit, Early Childcare Supplement, and Increases for Child Dependants (formerly called Child Dependant Additions). We consider two possible additions to this structure:  ...
Tim Callan, 2006
5
Tax and Benefit Policies in the Enlarged Europe: Assessing ...
nursing benefit • housing benefits • permanent social assistance • temporary social assistance SLOVENIA • education benefits • unemployment assistance benefit • child benefit • housing benefit • social assistance 3) Non means-tested benefits ...
Orsolya Lelkes, Holly Sutherland, 2009
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The Cost of a Child: A Report on the Financial Cost of ...
Although child benefit is not directly targeted at poorer families, its targeting could be significantly improved by treating it as taxable income. As Nolan and Farrell ( 1990) point out, data from the 1987Survey ojI-lousebolds suggest only per cent ...
Claire Carney, 1994
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Work Incentives, Poverty and Welfare in Ireland
5.4.3.1 An Increased, Taxable Child Benefit One way of achieving greater “ targeting” with child benefit would be to increase it while making the payment taxable. This would give a full payment to those with lowest incomes, a payment reduced ...
Tim Callan, John R. Walsh, Kieran Coleman, 2006
8
That Godless Court?: Supreme Court Decisions on Church-state ...
The Child Benefit Theory Given that lease on life, parochial schools continued to seek public funding. The first case challenging that funding, Cochran v. Louisiana State Board of Education,6 came before the Court in 1930. Louisiana had a ...
Ronald Bruce Flowers, 2005
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The 2008 Budget: Ninth Report of Session 2007-08 : Report, ...
Budget 2008 announced that from October 2009 Child Benefit income will be disregarded in calculating income for HB and CTB purposes. Compared to the current system, this reform amounts to an additional disregard in net incomes for  ...
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Treasury Committee, 2008
10
Child Poverty in Ireland
Universal Child Benefit assists all those with children in meeting the costs involved, assists those on low incomes more than others relative to their incomes, and does not distort parental choices about for example labour force participation .
Brian Nolan, 2000

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CHILD BENEFIT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term child benefit is used in the context of the following news items.
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Budget 2015: Gordon Brown's tax credits monster must be slain
... pension Child and working tax credits Housing benefit DLA/PIP/attendance allowance Incapacity/ESA Child benefit Pension credit Other. «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
2
Tories will use budget to label Labour the party of welfare, not work
Pensions, child benefit and the disabled are all protected in the welfare budget, leaving the chancellor to target the two growing welfare pots ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
3
Ontario Legislation and Regulation Changes in Effect
The change is being implemented in July 2015, when the Ontario Child Benefit (OCB) maximum increases from $1,310 to $1,336 as a result of ... «Net Newsledger, Jul 15»
4
July Budget 2015: George Osborne increased welfare in coalition by …
£37bn of that goes on child benefit and other family support, while £34bn goes on tax credits to support those who earn a low income. «City A.M., Jul 15»
5
Budget 2015: how can Tories square welfare cuts with claim to be …
With £107bn of that total spent on pensioners and child benefit and ring-fenced for the life of this parliament, the savings amount to 11% of the ... «The Conversation UK, Jul 15»
6
Election-buying politics of Ahern and McCreevy left nothing behind
And then there was the huge increase in child benefit, backdated for months and paid out within days of another general election. And budget ... «Irish Examiner, Jul 15»
7
Trafficked woman challenges refusal to pay child benefit payments
The woman had missed about two and a half years of child benefit after her daughter was born in 2010 because she was living in the “shadow ... «Irish Times, Jul 15»
8
What welfare cuts will be in the Budget? Where axeman George …
Off limits: Number 10 insists child benefit won't be cut before 2020. ... Child benefit worth £12bn was in the firing line, but last month David ... «Mirror.co.uk, Jul 15»
9
The benefit cap didn't cause 30000 to get back into work
It applies to income from benefits such as child benefit, jobseeker's allowance and housing benefit. It works through reducing housing benefit or ... «Full Fact, Jul 15»
10
Fierce debate over which benefits will face cuts
With pensioners' benefits ring-fenced, and child benefit changes ruled out too, it seems it will be mainly those of working age who will be hit. «ITV News, Jul 15»

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