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Noun: national assistance
Usage: UK
  1. Benefits paid to bring incomes up to minimum levels established by law
    "Many low-income families relied on national assistance to make ends meet";
    - supplementary benefit [UK], social assistance [UK, Cdn]

Derived forms: national assistances

Type of: social insurance

Encyclopedia: National assistance