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supplementary benefit

sup·ple·men·ta·ry ben·e·fit


noun 
Definition:
 
former state allowance to low-income families: in the United Kingdom, an allowance formerly paid weekly by the state to bring a person's or family's income up to what was considered to be a minimum acceptable level

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