equalization payment

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Extra money transferred from the federal government to a province, drawn from general tax revenue and intended to redistribute some wealth from relatively prosperous provinces to relatively poor provinces. Canada
    — Ontario may soon be classed as a "have-not" province and receive equalization payments for the first time in its history.
  2. In a divorce agreement, a payment made by one spouse to the other in order to create an equal division of assets. Canada
    — The court set aside a trial judge's decision from 2007 that required Harold Serra to make an "equalization payment" of $3.3 million to his former wife.

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