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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In 2024, more than 1.43 million families in Yemen received humanitarian cash transfer payments.
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Sarah Ferguson, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
The majority of the cash influx instead went on the final costs of extending the Anfield Road End and meeting those significant transfer payments.
—Chris Weatherspoon, The Athletic, 20 Mar. 2025
The federal government should thus make large transfer payments to businesses (on the condition that those businesses maintain their pre-crisis payrolls) in order to make up for falling demand.
—Matthew J. Slaughter, Foreign Affairs, 26 Mar. 2020
Funding for a sovereign wealth fund, according to Reuters, may come from surplus reserves, trade surpluses, bank reserves, foreign currency operations, money from privatizations and government transfer payments.
—Greta Cross, USA TODAY, 3 Feb. 2025
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Sarah Ferguson, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
The majority of the cash influx instead went on the final costs of extending the Anfield Road End and meeting those significant transfer payments.
—Chris Weatherspoon, The Athletic, 20 Mar. 2025
The federal government should thus make large transfer payments to businesses (on the condition that those businesses maintain their pre-crisis payrolls) in order to make up for falling demand.
—Matthew J. Slaughter, Foreign Affairs, 26 Mar. 2020
Funding for a sovereign wealth fund, according to Reuters, may come from surplus reserves, trade surpluses, bank reserves, foreign currency operations, money from privatizations and government transfer payments.
—Greta Cross, USA TODAY, 3 Feb. 2025
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“Transfer payment.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/transfer%20payment. Accessed 31 Mar. 2025.
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