noun [U]
1 the general health, happiness and safety of a person, an animal or a group
SYNWELL-BEING:
We are concerned about the child's welfare.
2 practical or financial help that is provided, often by the government, for people or animals that need it:
The state is still the main provider of welfare. * animal / child welfare * a social welfare programme * welfare provision / services / work
3 (especially AmE) = SOCIALSECURITY:
They would rather work than live on welfare.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for welfare is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does welfare appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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