welfare (noun)
11welfare to work — UK US (also welfare to work) noun [U] GOVERNMENT ► in the UK, a government policy that helps unemployed people who are receiving money from the government to get jobs: »For some, welfare to work has indeed worked. »The new clubs will be staffed… …
12welfare economics — ➔ economics * * * welfare economics UK US noun [U] ECONOMICS ► the study of how a country s economy affects the health, happiness, and standard of living of its people …
13welfare-to-work — ˌwelfare to ˈwork noun [uncountable] ECONOMICS in Britain, a government policy of encouraging people who are unemployed to stop receiving benefit (= money from the government) and to get jobs instead: • Welfare to work has become a central plank… …
14welfare state — noun Date: 1941 1. a social system based on the assumption by a political state of primary responsibility for the individual and social welfare of its citizens 2. a nation or state characterized by the operation of the welfare state system …
15welfare state — noun 1. ) count a country that takes care of its citizens by providing social and financial support 2. ) the welfare state the system by which a country takes care of its citizens by providing them with education, medical care, or money if they… …
16welfare — noun 1) the welfare of children Syn: well being, health, comfort, security, safety, protection, prosperity, success, fortune; interest, good 2) we cannot claim welfare Syn: social se …
17welfare — noun 1) the welfare of children Syn: well being, health, comfort, security, safety, protection, success, interest, good 2) we cannot claim welfare Syn: social security, benefit …
18welfare economics — noun : a branch of economics dealing with human welfare, the defining of wealth, and the establishment of guides for social policy aiming at the maximization of total individual utilities * * * a branch of economics concerned with improving human …
19welfare hotel — noun A hotel where people receiving welfare can stay until permanent housing is found …
20welfare state — noun a) a social system in which the state takes overall responsibility for the welfare of its citizens, providing health care, education, unemployment compensation and social security …
