Transfer payments

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Transfer payments are payments from the government to individuals that are not in exchange for goods and services, such as Social Security payments. (Cf. government purchases.)

Definition

According to Macroeconomics by Mankiw (7th edition),

Transfer payments. Payments from the government to individuals that are not in exchange for goods and services, such as Social Security payments. (Cf. government purchases.)