welfare (noun)
51child welfare agency — noun an administrative unit responsible for social work concerned with the welfare and vocational training of children • Syn: ↑child welfare service • Hypernyms: ↑administrative unit, ↑administrative body …
52child welfare service — noun an administrative unit responsible for social work concerned with the welfare and vocational training of children (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑child welfare agency • Hypernyms: ↑administrative unit, ↑administrative body …
53social welfare — noun Date: 1917 organized public or private social services for the assistance of disadvantaged groups; specifically social work …
54animal welfare — noun a) The viewpoint that it is morally acceptable for humans to use animals (for food, in animal research, as clothing, as entertainment, etc.), as long as the people using the animals avoid causing the animals suffering deemed unnecessary . b) …
55Department of Health Education and Welfare — noun a former executive department of the United States government; created in 1953 and divided in 1979 (Freq. 1) • Hypernyms: ↑executive department …
56Secretary of Health Education and Welfare — noun head of a former executive department created in 1953 and divided into two departments in 1979 • Hypernyms: ↑secretaryship …
57middle-class welfare — /mɪdl klas ˈwɛlfɛə/ (say midl klahs welfair) noun welfare payments and other government subsidisation provided to the relatively wealthy middle class, especially in response to the lobbying of vocal special interest groups …
58social welfare — /soʊʃəl ˈwɛlfɛə/ (say sohshuhl welfair) noun a system of services provided by a government or other organisation to meet the needs of the community in areas such as health, housing, pensions for the aged or unemployed, etc …
59humanitarian — [hjʊˌmanɪ tɛ:rɪən] adjective concerned with or seeking to promote human welfare. noun a humanitarian person. Derivatives humanitarianism noun Usage Sentences such as this is the worst humanitarian disaster this country has seen are a loose use of …
60humanitarian — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ concerned with or seeking to promote human welfare. ► NOUN ▪ a humanitarian person. DERIVATIVES humanitarianism noun …
