to promote welfare

  • 1promote — [prə mōt′, prōmōt′] vt. promoted, promoting [ME promoten < L promotus, pp. of promovere, to move forward: see PRO 2 & MOVE] 1. to raise or advance to a higher position or rank [she was promoted to manager] 2. to help bring about or further the …

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  • 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 …

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  • 3welfare — noun 1 good health and happiness ADJECTIVE ▪ animal, child, community, family, human, personal ▪ people concerned about child welfare ▪ gen …

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  • 4welfare — n. governmental financial aid 1) public welfare 2) (esp. US) on welfare (to be on welfare; to go on welfare) well being 3) to promote the public welfare 4) the general; public welfare 5) for smb. s welfare * * * [ welfeə] [ governmental financial …

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  • 5Welfare economics — Economics …

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  • 6welfare state —    By 1950, it was unremarkable to describe Britain as a ‘welfare state’. Mostly this term referred to the new legislation to promote social welfare, but sometimes it stood for a more general view of social and political culture. References could …

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  • 7Welfare — A government program which provides financial aid to individuals or groups who cannot support themselves. Welfare programs are funded by taxpayers and allow people to cope with financial stress during rough periods of their lives. In most cases,… …

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  • 8promote — verb 1 encourage sth ADVERB ▪ strongly ▪ Human rights are strongly promoted by all our members. ▪ actively, directly ▪ indirectly ▪ …

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  • 9welfare — 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.     ↘chiefly N. Amer. financial support given for this purpose. Origin ME:… …

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  • 10Māori Women's Welfare League — The Māori Women’s Welfare League or Te Rōpū Wāhine Māori Toko I te Ora is a New Zealand welfare organisation focusing on Māori women and children. It held its first conference in Wellington in September 1951. The League s official aims are To… …

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