child benefit
noun [C or U]Definition
› GOVERNMENT in the UK, an amount of money paid by the government for each child in a family until they reach a particular age: Every month, the family receives £100 in child benefit and tax credits.
(Definition of child benefit noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
© Cambridge University Press)
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