词汇 | state-benefit |
释义 | state benefit noun[ plural or U ] ukus GOVERNMENT, FINANCE money given by the government to people who are poor or ill, or who do not have a job: on state benefit(s)They live on state benefits. come off state benefit(s)More than a third of people with a disability or long-term illness want to work, yet only 5% of them come off state benefits each year to start jobs. apply for/claim/receive state benefit(s)In Sweden, lone parents are required to be available for work if they receive state benefits. qualify for/be eligible for state benefit(s)Many women earn too little to qualify for state incapacity benefit because they work part-time. Examples of state benefitstate benefit Economists argue that this has created a complex and costly system of statebenefit which could be simplified and reduced in expenses. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In this role he was responsible for creating the modern statebenefit system. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Meanwhile, their share of statebenefit payouts dropped from 28.1% to 27.1% over the same period. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Furthermore, the statebenefit is a fixed sum, but the union benefits depend on previous earnings. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Only a fifth of those interviewed said they had income from other sources than statebenefit income, largely from occupational pensions. Public spending includes national insurance benefits, both the universal statebenefit and the selective supplement, and public pensions. The issue of the adequacy of statebenefit income is one which continues to receive extensive attention - except, perhaps, within government. The allowance is a continuing statebenefit paid to some persons who have suffered injury in the course of employment. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I object to the proposed changes for those in receipt of statebenefit. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I believe that statebenefit should always go, and only go, to those who are in need. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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