equalization payment
The English word “equalization payment” has 2 meanings listed here.
noun
- 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.
- In a divorce agreement, a payment made by one spouse to the other in order to create an equal division of assets.
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