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| has gloss | eng: Supplementary Benefit was a means-tested benefit in the United Kingdom, paid to people on low incomes, whether or not they were classed as unemployed. Introduced in November 1966, it replaced the earlier system of discretionary National Assistance payments and was intended to top-up other benefits, hence its name. It was paid weekly by the DHSS, through order books, cashed at local post offices. |
| lexicalization | eng: Supplementary Benefit |
| instance of | c/Social programs |
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