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basic income en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, uncountable, usually) Ellipsis of universal basic income, a form of social security in which all citizens or residents of a jurisdiction receive a sum of money, regularly and unconditionally.
   alt of universal basic income
   • For example, replacing an existing tax-benefit system with a combination of a basic income and a flat tax such that no income fell below the poverty threshold would presumably result in large changes in many dimensions of behavior which […] 2014, Anthony B. Atkinson, Francois Bourguignon, Handbook of Income Distribution, Elsevier, →ISBN, page 2168:
   • The second feature is the payment by the government of a basic income to all citizens, regardless of their private income or wealth. The amount of basic income should be the same for everyone, and should be calculated to be sufficient to […] 2004, Ellen Hadley, One Dear Land, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 19:
   • The questions to be raised are how processes of globalization, internationalization and economic integration affect national welfare states and what are the consequences for the basic income proposal. 2005, Guy Standing, Promoting Income Security as a Right: Europe and North America, Anthem Press, →ISBN, page 84:
2. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, uncountable, usually) Ellipsis of guaranteed basic income, a form of social security in which all citizens or residents of a jurisdiction are guaranteed to have an income level at or above the set basic income cut-off level, whereby the government will top-off incomes falling below the line, to reach the limit; those falling above the line would not receive payments.
   alt of guaranteed basic income

Forms

Synonyms

guaranteed basic income · UBI · guaranteed minimum income · universal basic income

Translations (23)

ja 最低生活保障 (basic income) · pt renda básica universal (basic income) · sv basinkomst (basic income) · es renta básica (basic income) · tr temel gelir (basic income) · tr vatandaşlık geliri (basic income) · it reddito di base incondizionato (basic income) · tr evrensel temel gelir (basic income) · fi kansalaispalkka (basic income) · ar دخل أساسي (basic income) · ar راتب أساسي (basic income) · eo baza enspezo (basic income) · fr revenu de base (basic income) · da borgerløn (basic income) · cmn 基本收入 (basic income) · fi perustulo (basic income) · de Grundeinkommen (basic income) · es renta mínima (basic income) · it reddito minimo universale (basic income) · et kodanikupalk (basic income) · cmn 全民基本收入 (basic income) · ja ベーシックインカム (basic income) · it reddito di base (basic income)