单词 | welfare fund |
释义 | > as lemmaswelfare fund welfare fund n. a fund from which payments are made to those in need. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social attitudes > philanthropy > [noun] > social service provided by (local) government > benefit provided by state > fund welfare fund1891 1891 Shoshone & Arapaho Indians Eind River Reservation 10 in Executive Documents U.S. House of Representatives (53rd Congress, 1st Sess.) (1892) XXXIII. In the disposition of the general welfare fund, the Commission..states that it gives the Indians a voice as to what use they desire to make of the funds. 1947 Ann. Reg. 1946 205 Mr Lewis [sc. a trade-union leader]..refused even to discuss his demands until he had been granted a ‘welfare fund’ financed by a royalty on coal. 2012 K. Bales Disposable People vii. 241 Producers had to agree..to turn over 1 percent of the carpet wholesale price to a welfare fund for child workers. < as lemmas |
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