transfer payment

Most governments collect funds from various sources to provide public services or to finance transfer payments.

The next Israeli transfer payment is due at the beginning of March.

Cash transfers are direct transfer payments of money to eligible people.

Canada's health industry operates on a system of transfer payments.

The federal government would make transfer payments to the provinces to cover their needs.

He said Congress was concerned about the use of honorariums "as transfer payments to employees who did little work."

It does not include any transfer payments, such as social security or unemployment benefits.

Table 16-4 shows that in 1987 82.4 billion, almost half of total government spending, went on transfer payments such as unemployment benefit and debt interest.

Government need tax revenue to pay for public goods and to make transfer payments to the poor.

The less well off do receive transfer payments and the rich face the highest rates of income tax.