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welfare
[ wel-fair ]
noun
- the good fortune, health, happiness, prosperity, etc., of a person, group, or organization; well-being:
to look after a child's welfare; the physical or moral welfare of society.
- financial or other assistance to an individual or family from a city, state, or national government:
Thousands of jobless people in this city would starve if it weren't for welfare.
- (initial capital letter) Informal. a governmental agency that provides funds and aid to people in need, especially those unable to work.
welfare
/ ˈɛˌɛə /
noun
- health, happiness, prosperity, and well-being in general
- financial and other assistance given to people in need
- ( as modifier )
welfare services
- Also calledwelfare work plans or work to better the social or economic conditions of various underprivileged groups
- the welfare informal.the public agencies involved with giving such assistance
- on welfarein receipt of financial aid from a government agency or other source
welfare
- Government-provided support for those unable to support themselves. In the United States, it is undertaken by various federal, state, and local agencies under the auspices of different programs, the best known of which are Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) and food stamps.
Other Word Forms
- t·ɱf adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of welfare1
Idioms and Phrases
- on welfare, receiving financial aid from the government or from a private organization because of hardship and need.
Example Sentences
Ms Carter, a welfare and campaigns officer for the university and who just graduated from a sustainable development degree, said she planned to vote.
Campaigners estimate more than 300,000 homes could lose heating - or have it stuck on constantly - in what energy regulator Ofgem has called "an urgent consumer welfare issue".
Thinking of Medicaid as welfare serves an important aspect of the conservative program, in that it makes Medicaid politically easier to cut, like all “welfare” programs.
In March, the Labour government announced plans for major changes to the benefits system aimed at cutting the growing amount the UK spent on welfare.
They have a clear plan for housing and for public transit, and as artificial intelligence takes over jobs, they have a plan to increase welfare.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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