| welfare | governmental provision of economic assistance to persons in need |
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| welfare | something that aids or promotes well-being |
| welfare | a contented state of being happy and healthy and prosperous |
| welfare | of or relating to a welfare state |
| welfare | a case for a welfare worker |
| welfare | a government that undertakes responsibility for the welfare of its citizens through programs in public health and public housing and pensions and unemployment compensation etc. |
| welfare | an organized activity to improve the condition of disadvantaged people in society |
| welfare | someone employed to provide social services (especially to the disadvantaged) |
| welfare | of or relating to a welfare state |