"CERB" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: CERBs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} CERB (plural CERBs)
  1. (Canada, politics, employment, COVID-19) Initialism of Canada emergency response benefit. Income supplement for self-employed and employees, who are those directly affected by the COVID-19 shutdown. Wikipedia link: CERB Tags: Canada, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Canada emergency response benefit (extra: Income supplement for self-employed and employees, who are those directly affected by the COVID-19 shutdown) Categories (topical): Politics
    Sense id: en-CERB-en-noun-s6zToL8b Categories (other): Canadian English, English entries with incorrect language header Topics: government, politics

Inflected forms

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