"family allowance" meaning in English

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "family allowances",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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      "expansion": "family allowance (plural family allowances)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "British English",
          "parents": [],
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        },
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            "Entry maintenance"
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A former type of social security payment made to families with children; now replaced by child benefit."
      ],
      "id": "en-family_allowance-en-noun--FMrs7dh",
      "links": [
        [
          "social security",
          "social security"
        ],
        [
          "child benefit",
          "child benefit"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(UK) A former type of social security payment made to families with children; now replaced by child benefit."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "family allowance"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "family allowances",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "family allowance (plural family allowances)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "British English",
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A former type of social security payment made to families with children; now replaced by child benefit."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "social security",
          "social security"
        ],
        [
          "child benefit",
          "child benefit"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(UK) A former type of social security payment made to families with children; now replaced by child benefit."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "family allowance"
}