transfer payment
noun
1
: a public expenditure made for a purpose (such as unemployment compensation) other than procuring goods or services
—usually used in plural
2
transfer payments plural
: money (such as welfare payments) that is received by individuals and that is neither compensation for goods or services currently supplied nor income from investments
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Over a similar five-year period, that annual $78 billion amounts to nearly $400 billion, or close to 40% of the total transfer payment.
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Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Time, 16 May 2025
The biggest part of that money goes out as, well, money: transfer payments for entitlements and welfare programs and aid to states.
—Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 11 Feb. 2025
Such transfer payments are the norm at many universities, but not in Chapel Hill.
—Zachery Eanes, Axios, 13 Mar. 2025
In 2024, more than 1.43 million families in Yemen received humanitarian cash transfer payments.
—Sarah Ferguson, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
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Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Time, 16 May 2025
The biggest part of that money goes out as, well, money: transfer payments for entitlements and welfare programs and aid to states.
—Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 11 Feb. 2025
Such transfer payments are the norm at many universities, but not in Chapel Hill.
—Zachery Eanes, Axios, 13 Mar. 2025
In 2024, more than 1.43 million families in Yemen received humanitarian cash transfer payments.
—Sarah Ferguson, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for transfer payment
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“Transfer payment.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/transfer%20payment. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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