welfare (noun)
1welfare — noun 1 good health and happiness ADJECTIVE ▪ animal, child, community, family, human, personal ▪ people concerned about child welfare ▪ gen …
2welfare — ► NOUN 1) the health, happiness, and fortunes of a person or group. 2) action or procedure designed to promote the basic physical and material well being of people in need. 3) chiefly N. Amer. financial support given for this purpose. ORIGIN from …
3welfare — wel‧fare [ˈwelfeə ǁ fer] noun [uncountable] ECONOMICS 1. help that is given by government to people with social or financial problems: • a drastic reform of the welfare system 2. money paid by the government to people who are poor, unemployed etc …
4welfare worker — noun someone employed to provide social services (especially to the disadvantaged) • Syn: ↑social worker, ↑caseworker • Hypernyms: ↑public servant • Hyponyms: ↑almoner, ↑medical social worker * * * …
5welfare statism — noun : a belief in or the advocacy or practice of policies associated with or designed to bring about a welfare state * * * 1. the belief in or practices of a welfare state. 2. the condition of being a welfare state. [1950 55; WELFARE STATE +… …
6welfare — I noun advantage, affluence, benefit, commodis consulere, fortune, good, haleness, happiness, health, hominis, interest, luck, prosperity, prosperousness, soundness, success, weal, well being associated concepts: public welfare II index …
7welfare — noun (U) 1 health, comfort, and happiness; wellbeing: Our only concern is the children s welfare. 2 help that is provided, especially by government organizations for people with social or financial problems: The company s welfare officer deals… …
8welfare benefit — ➔ benefit1 * * * welfare benefit UK US noun [C, usually plural] UK ECONOMICS, GOVERNMENT ► money paid by the government to people who are ill, poor, or have no job: »If a parent works, the family is not eligible for welfare benefits …
9welfare payment — ➔ payment * * * welfare payment UK US noun [C] US GOVERNMENT, ECONOMICS ► an amount of money that is paid by the government to someone who is ill, poor, or has no job: »She receives $620 a month in welfare payments …
10welfare state — ➔ state * * * welfare state UK US noun [S] GOVERNMENT, TAX ► a system by which a government provides social services such as health care, money, etc. to people who need them: »The ANC established Africa s largest welfare state through the… …
