Lexic.us

Definition of National assistance

1. Noun. Benefits paid to bring incomes up to minimum levels established by law.

Lexicographical Neighbors of National Assistance

Literary usage of National assistance

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Almanack for the Year of Our Lord by Joseph Whitaker (1869)
"The two insurance schemes and the family allowances scheme are administered by the Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance, and the national assistance ..."

2. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1914)
"Bureau of national assistance. R. of Rs. 49: 91. Ja. 44. Capital of all the world. 11. Ind. 77: 22-3. Ja. 5, 44; il. Bul. Pan Am. Union. 38: 213-8. F. 44. ..."

3. Biennial Report by Iowa Office of Mines Inspector (1901)
"national assistance IN THE PREVENTION OF MINE ACCIDENTS. In the report of 1905 I called attention to the advisability and need of national assistance in ..."

4. Federal Nutrition Programs: Hearing Before the Committee on Agriculture (1998)
"A national assistance system allows us to pool our resources and provide assistance to hungry families no matter what State they live in. ..."

5. Transactions of the Sixth International Congress on Tuberculosis v. 8 (1908)
"THE national assistance. The national assistance to Consumptives was founded on June 11, 1899, by Her Majesty Queen Dona Amelia, for the following purposes: ..."

6. Agents of Change: Studies on the Policy Environment for Small Enterprise in by Edward Philip English, Georges-Maurice Hénault (1995)
"... [national assistance Program for Cote d'Ivoire Merchants] PPEP Projet de promotion de 1'entreprise privee [Private Enterprise Promotion Project] PVO ..."

7. The Parliamentary Debates by Great Britain Parliament (1906)
"Those reports showed conclusively that this was a national matter, which ought to receive national assistance. The difficulty was to persuade the nation to ..."

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