recipiency
- noun
- /rɪˈsɪpənsi/
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recepción
- For example, Haveman and Wolfe (1994), in their summary of recent research, report that welfare recipiency on the part of parents greatly increases the chances of a child becoming a welfare recipient, and that the generosity of state welfare benefits influences the duration of welfare recipiency.
- welfare recipiency
Examples
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The overwhelming majority of studies addressing poverty in the United States have focused exclusively on income distribution and welfare recipiency.
Academic text (1997) -
We also examined the dark side of the picture: the relationship of IQ to outcomes such as poverty, unemployment, welfare recipiency, and crime.
Academic text (1997) -
For example, Haveman and Wolfe (1994), in their summary of recent research, report that welfare recipiency on the part of parents greatly increases the chances of a child becoming a welfare recipient, and that the generosity of state welfare benefits influences the duration of welfare recipiency.
Academic text (1997) -
The report highlighted the importance of welfare recipiency in breaking the cycle of poverty.
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Efforts to increase welfare recipiency have been met with both support and opposition from various groups.
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Government policies can significantly affect the rates of welfare recipiency among low-income families.
Synonyms
The act of getting something
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Recipiency comes from the Latin word recipere 'to receive', the same root you see in receive and recipient, so it means the state of getting or being given something.
