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income group
income interest
income-leisure trade-off
income participation
income property
income-related benefit
income statement
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income support
in·come sup·port


noun 
Definition:
 
U.K. state benefits for unemployed: in the United Kingdom, a social security payment made to unemployed people and people on low incomes. It was introduced in 1986 to replace supplementary benefit.
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