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CDC vouchers are government-funded household vouchers for spending at participating Singapore hawkers, heartland merchants and supermarkets during a specified validity period.

CPF is Singapore’s Central Provident Fund, a social security savings system supporting retirement, housing and healthcare for citizens and permanent residents.

GIRO is a Singapore bank-payment arrangement commonly used to debit recurring bills automatically from a customer’s account after authorisation.

NRIC commonly means Singapore’s National Registration Identity Card and number, used to identify citizens and permanent residents in official contexts.

PayNow lets users send Singapore-dollar funds instantly between participating bank or e-wallet accounts using an identifier or supported QR code.

Singpass is Singapore’s national digital identity service for securely accessing and authorising transactions with government and participating private services.

A practical orientation to the local identity, payments, transport, neighbourhood and food terms that commonly appear during a first week in Singapore.