welfare

8 definitions • 14 examples

help given, especially by the state or an organization, to people who need it, especially because they do not have enough money:

welfare benefits Your taxes pay for welfare benefits such as unemployment and sickness pay.

welfare officer UK After her month's sick leave, she was summoned to see the company's welfare officer.

receiving financial help from the state because you are poor or have not been employed for a long time:

Over 53,000 families in the region are currently on welfare.

physical and mental health and happiness, especially of a person:

welfare of The police are very concerned for the welfare of the missing child.

These organizations have fought very hard for the rights and welfare of immigrants.

animal welfare

physical and mental health and happiness:

We were concerned for our parents’ welfare when we heard about the storm in Florida.

help given, esp. money, by a government to people who are poor and who do not have jobs:

welfare benefits

The family had to go on welfare.

the general state of health or degree of success of a person, business, country, etc.:

Their GDP figures look good, but perhaps at a cost to their overall economic welfare.

We are a progressive employer concerned with employee welfare.

help given, especially by the state or another organization, to people who need it, especially because they are poor:

welfare services/programs/workers

Some people fear the euro will weaken their welfare system.

a system of payments by the government to people who are ill, poor, or have no job:

on welfare She is a single parent on welfare.