welfare

  • 1welfare — welfare, sociology of welfare Welfare is the state or condition of doing or being well. The term is primarily invoked when some action is considered necessary in order to enhance individual or group welfare that is when welfare is in some way in… …

    Dictionary of sociology

  • 2Welfare — may refer to:* Well being, quality of lifestyle ** Animal welfare, the quality of life of animals, and concerns thereabout * Welfare , a film directed by Frederick WisemanIn economics:* Social welfare provision, government programs that seek to… …

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  • 3welfare — wel‧fare [ˈwelfeə ǁ fer] noun [uncountable] ECONOMICS 1. help that is given by government to people with social or financial problems: • a drastic reform of the welfare system 2. money paid by the government to people who are poor, unemployed etc …

    Financial and business terms

  • 4welfare — I noun advantage, affluence, benefit, commodis consulere, fortune, good, haleness, happiness, health, hominis, interest, luck, prosperity, prosperousness, soundness, success, weal, well being associated concepts: public welfare II index …

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  • 5welfare — /ˈwɛlfer, ingl. ˈwɛlˌfɛə(r)/ [vc. ingl., accorc. di welfare state, propr. «stato (state) del benessere (welfare)»] s. m. inv. (econ.) stato sociale FRASEOLOGIA Ministero per il Welfare (giorn.), Ministero per il Lavoro e le politiche sociali …

    Sinonimi e Contrari. Terza edizione

  • 6Welfare — Wel fare , n. [Well + fare to go, to proceed, to happen.] Well doing or well being in any respect; the enjoyment of health and the common blessings of life; exemption from any evil or calamity; prosperity; happiness. [1913 Webster] How to study… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 7welfare — [wel′fer΄] n. [ME < wel faren, to fare well: see WELL2 & FARE] 1. the state of being or doing well; condition of health, happiness, and comfort; well being; prosperity 2. a) the organized efforts of government agencies that grant aid to the… …

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  • 8welfare — [wɛlfɛʀ] n. m. ÉTYM. 1972, in l Express; mot anglais. ❖ ♦ Aux États Unis, Politique d action sociale; administration qui en est chargée. || « Le fonctionnement des grandes bureaucraties fédérales, notamment le welfare » (le Nouvel Obs., 1er janv …

    Encyclopédie Universelle

  • 9welfare — O.E. wel faran condition of being or doing well, from wel (see WELL (Cf. well) (adv.)) + faran get along (see FARE (Cf. fare) (v.)). Cf. O.N. velferð. Meaning social concern for the well being of children, the unemployed, etc. is first attested… …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 10welfare — / well being [n] health and prosperity abundance, advantage, benefit, contentment, ease, easy street*, euphoria, felicity, good, good fortune, happiness, interest, luck, profit, progress, satisfaction, success, thriving; concepts 316,693,706 …

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