sign off
(FINANCIAL SUPPORT) UK informal — phrasal verb with sign /saɪn/ verbDefinition
› to report to a government employment office that you now have a job and do not need to receive benefit (= money paid by the government)Social security and state benefits
(Definition of sign off (FINANCIAL SUPPORT) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- AFDC
- be on relief idiom
- benefit noun (MONEY FROM GOVERNMENT)
- child benefit noun
- claim verb (DEMAND)
- claimant noun
- dole noun
- family allowance noun
- family credit noun
- giro noun
- housing benefit noun
- income support noun
- means-testing noun
- sickness benefit noun
- social security noun
- unemployment benefit noun
- unemployment noun
- welfare noun (HELP)
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