"transfer payment" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: transfer payments [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} transfer payment (plural transfer payments)
  1. (economics) A redistribution of income in the market system initiated by a government, such as welfare, social security, etc. Wikipedia link: transfer payment Categories (topical): Economics Synonyms: government transfer, transfer Hypernyms: equalization payment Translations (redistribution of income): 轉移支付 (Chinese Mandarin), 转移支付 (zhuǎnyí zhīfù) (Chinese Mandarin), tulonsiirto (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-transfer_payment-en-noun-KP-NIIy3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations Topics: economics, science, sciences

Inflected forms

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