transfer payment

trans·fer pay·ment

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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [verb trans-fur, trans-fer pey-muh nt]
- /verb trænsˈfɜr, ˈtræns fər ˈpeɪ mənt/
- /trænsˈfɜː(r) ˈpeɪmənt/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [verb trans-fur, trans-fer pey-muh nt]
- /verb trænsˈfɜr, ˈtræns fər ˈpeɪ mənt/

Definitions of transfer payment words

noun transfer payment any payment made by a government for a purpose other than that of purchasing goods or services, as for welfare benefits. 1
noun transfer payment any money received that is neither a payment for goods or services nor investment income. 1
noun transfer payment money received by an individual or family from the state or other body, often a pension or unemployment benefit. It is not reckoned when calculating the national income as it is money transferred rather than paid for merchandise or a service rendered 0
noun transfer payment a disbursement for which neither goods nor services have been given in return; specif., a disbursement by a government in the form of welfare or a subsidy 0

before 1940

One of the 7% newest English words

First recorded in 1940-45

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This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 29% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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