government transfer payments
1transfer payments — Payments made by the government to individuals for which no services are concurrently rendered in return. A transfer payment might be a Social Security check or an unemployment check …
2transfer payments — Payments from a government to its citizens, such as welfare and other government benefits. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary …
3transfer payments — tax money that the government gives which is not in exchange for services or goods …
4transfer income — UK US noun [C or U] UK (US transfer payment) FINANCE, GOVERNMENT, TAX ► money from the government in the form of benefits (= payments for people who cannot find a job or are too ill to work), subsidies (= money given to reduce the cost of… …
5Transfer payment — In political science and economics, a transfer payment is a payment of money from a government to an individual for which no good or service is required in return. In economics, government transfer payments can be considered a negative tax, since …
6government budget — Forecast of governmental expenditures and revenues for the ensuing fiscal year. In modern industrial economies, the budget is the key instrument for the execution of government economic policies. Because government budgets may promote or retard… …
7government economic policy — ▪ finance Introduction measures by which a government attempts to influence the economy. The national budget generally reflects the economic policy of a government, and it is partly through the budget that the government exercises its three …
8Government budget deficit — This article is about government budget deficits. For trade deficits, see Balance of trade. For balance of payments deficits, see Balance of payments. Part of a series on Government Public finance …
9Transfer Payment — 1. In the United States, a payment made to individuals by the federal government through various social benefit programs. 2. In Canada, a payment made to the provinces and territories by the federal government. 1. Transfer payments are made by… …
10Government budget — Part of a series on Government Public finance …
