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Definition: Meaning of, welfare in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ˈwɛlfɛː /

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  1. someone's welfare is their health and happiness
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  2. help that is provided for people who have personal or social problems
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  3. American English money that is paid by the government in the US to people who are very poor or unemployed [=  benefit British English]
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welfare used in phrases

  • Department of Health Education and Welfare (noun)
    1. a former executive department of the United States government; created in 1953 and divided in 1979
  • Secretary of Health Education and Welfare (noun)
    1. head of a former executive department created in 1953 and divided into two departments in 1979
  • child welfare agency (noun)
    1. an administrative unit responsible for social work concerned with the welfare and vocational training of children
  • child welfare service (noun)
    1. an administrative unit responsible for social work concerned with the welfare and vocational training of children
  • social welfare (noun)
    1. governmental provision of economic assistance to persons in need
  • welfare case (noun)
    1. a case for a welfare worker
  • welfare state (noun)
    1. the welfare state a system in which the government provides money, free medical care etc for people who are unemployed, ill, or too old to work [↪  social security]
    2. [countable] a country with such a system
  • welfare work (noun)
    1. an organized activity to improve the condition of disadvantaged people in society
  • welfare worker (noun)
    1. especially to the disadvantaged someone employed to provide social services
  • welfare-statist (adjective)
    1. of or relating to a welfare state
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