welfare (noun)
81pogy — noun money received from the state • Syn: ↑dole, ↑pogey • Regions: ↑Canada (for: ↑pogey), ↑Canada • Hypernyms: ↑ …
82social insurance — noun government provision for unemployed, injured, or aged people; financed by contributions from employers and employees as well as by government revenue • Hypernyms: ↑social welfare, ↑welfare, ↑public assistance • Hyponyms: ↑national insurance …
83social work — noun any of various services designed to aid the poor and aged and to increase the welfare of children • Hypernyms: ↑welfare work, ↑social service …
84bread and circuses — noun plural Etymology: translation of Latin panis et circenses : food and entertainment offered by a government (as a dictatorship) to soothe discontent * * * something, as extravagant entertainment, offered as an expedient means of pacifying… …
85police power — noun : the inherent power of a government to exercise reasonable control over persons and property within its jurisdiction in the interest of the general security, health, safety, morals, and welfare except where legally prohibited (as by… …
86service state — noun : welfare state the service state … takes the whole domain of human welfare for its province and would solve all economic and social ills through its administrative activities Roscoe Pound …
87poor law — noun a law providing support for the poor • Topics: ↑law, ↑jurisprudence • Hypernyms: ↑law * * * noun Etymology: poor (II) : a law providing for or regulating the pub …
88social security — noun 1 (BrE) money paid by the government to people who are poor, unemployed, etc. ⇨ See also ↑welfare … OF SOCIAL SECURITY ▪ system VERB + SOCIAL SECURITY ▪ be entitled to, claim, receive ▪ …
89salute — noun 1》 a gesture of respect and recognition. 2》 a prescribed or specified movement, typically a raising of a hand to the head, made as a salute by a member of a military or similar force. 3》 the discharge of a gun or guns as a formal or… …
90egocentrism — noun concern for your own interests and welfare • Syn: ↑egoism, ↑self interest, ↑self concern, ↑self centeredness • Ant: ↑altruism (for: ↑egoism) …
