welfare
∞
2.3
- noun
- /ˈwɛlˌfɛr/
:
asistencia social
- I grew up poor, on welfare with my mother for part of my life.
- welfare benefits
- receive welfare
- turn to welfare
It's nearly record high welfare enrollment right now.
- It's nearly record high welfare enrollment right now.
- He was a plumber on welfare, sleeping on a couch.
- I grew up poor, on welfare with my mother for part of my life.
- And Brian, you and I know stimulus means welfare for the rich.
- So it created a low pay, high tax, high welfare society.
- And that's why in the Nordic welfare state of welfare society, depends how you see it.
- It is welfare for the rich.
- They wouldn't vote for restraining welfare spending.
- But what if we did receive welfare?
- And he had asked if I would join the team to work on welfare reform.
- So it's out of control, government welfare and talking about the assistance.
Examples
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The recent reforms aimed to streamline the welfare system to better serve those in need.
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We told the folks on welfare that they have to get into the labor market.
Academic text (1999) -
Doing so would let down many of the people our welfare system was designed to help.
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I am concerned about the challenge to the public welfare of this movement.
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You got two kids on welfare now.
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It's nearly record high welfare enrollment right now.
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Will they support us or vote against a welfare uprating bill?
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Hong Kong residents shall have the right to social welfare in accordance with the law.
Academic text (1990) -
If welfare wasn't paying the rent, this wouldn't be your house.
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He was a plumber on welfare, sleeping on a couch.
Synonyms
685
1.2
A payment from the government or an employer to help people who need money
18
2.5
Government help for people who need money or basic services
16
2.5
Money the government gives to people who need help to pay basic living costs
1
3.2
Money the government gives to people or families who have little money
Compounds
34
3.9
A government system that provides health care, housing, and money to people who need help
- Slur
4
9.9
An insulting name for a woman said to unfairly take government money, often used to express racist ideas
1
3.4
An organization that protects children and gives help for their safety and development
1
3.2
A group that protects children and gives them social help and job training
1
5.5
A former United States government department that ran health, education, and welfare programs
1
7.7
A person who led the United States government department for health and education from 1953 to 1979
- Offensive
A person, often a company leader, who gets government money they do not deserve
- Slur
A negative idea that a person on welfare has an expensive car to suggest they are cheating on benefits
- Slur
A rude word for a person who gets government money and is seen as not trying to work
- Offensive
A harmful false idea that people who get government help are lazy or dishonest
How Extensive
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Welfare later came to mean the money or services a government gives to people in need, because these programs are meant to protect people's 'well-being' and help their lives 'go' better.