Definition of welfare in English:

welfare

noun ˈwɛlfɛːˈwɛlˌfɛr

mass noun

1The health, happiness, and fortunes of a person or group.
they don't give a damn about the welfare of their families
Example sentencesExamples
- This type of cost cutting threatens the health and welfare of local residents.
- Their help and support over the past few months have made an immense difference to the welfare and happiness of our family.
- There's an interesting conference about animal welfare going on somewhere at the moment.
- We have been let down by people who should have been looking after Laura's health and welfare and we are all devastated.
- We need to ensure that no one has to put the health and welfare of his or her family at risk in order to keep a job.
- If you are interested in animal welfare there are two young dogs urgently in need of homes.
- After a month or so a programme of home visits begins, and enquiries are made about the health and general welfare of each family.
- However, housing some birds would not be in their interest where health and welfare is concerned.
- The confidentiality was agreed to protect the interests and welfare of the student.
- The agency said the decision was taken to ensure the children's safety and welfare.
- They should not only care for the welfare of the children, but should also have financial knowledge.
- Provision for the pupils' care, health, safety and welfare is very good.
- Our paramount concerns are for his and other patient's welfare and safety.
- He had no thought but for me, my welfare, my comfort, my safety, my happiness.
- Its bosses say they are looking to reduce sugar and fat for the health and welfare of us all.
- He has not been heard from since, and there are grave concerns for his safety and welfare.
- All or most states already have laws to protect the health and welfare of animals.
- He was found guilty of failing to ensure the health, safety and welfare of his employees.
- Tributes are being paid to a North Yorkshire woman who was devoted to the protection and welfare of cats.
- It's total disregard for the financial and emotional welfare of everyone involved.
- He said that the health, safety and welfare of officers was always of concern.
- It is your programme in writing for managing health, safety and welfare within your business.
Synonyms
well-being, health, good health, happiness, comfort, security, safety, protection, prosperity, profit, good, success, fortune, good fortune, advantage, interest, prosperousness, successfulness
2Statutory procedure or social effort designed to promote the basic physical and material well-being of people in need.
the protection of rights to education, housing, and welfare
Example sentencesExamples
- In part, this reflects the fact that such groups are benefiting from welfare privatisation.
- Political involvement was the foundation of all social welfare and public service.
- Workers remembered the privatisations, sackings, and attacks on social security and welfare.
- To be sure, every increase in wages and social welfare measures boosts demand.
- On public sector privatisation and cuts in welfare benefits, Labour and the Tories are united.
- They want more spent on education, health and welfare and they want it now.
- In this argument charity is private benevolence and social welfare is public.
- Firstly immigrants and refugees are not a drain on the NHS and the social welfare services.
- Statutory welfare agencies have also used the threat of criminalization to secure compliance to new social norms.
- Health spending, welfare and aged care benefits are seen as the main culprits.
- I am proud of our social welfare system and the safety net it provides for those who need it.
- Mr. Rector has advocated devoting much more federal welfare money for promoting marriage.
- The youth criminal justice system is expanding into areas that child welfare services would once have intervened in.
- In the six years since Labour came to power we have seen our public services and welfare system eroded almost into extinction.
- Social welfare, designed to fill the gap where the family can no longer provide, hardly exists.
- They also tend to spend more time on study and meditation and less on social affairs and community welfare programmes.
- Social welfare service employees and municipal inspectors are also on strike.
1. 2.1North American Financial support given to those who are unemployed or otherwise in need.
  critics feared an increase in inequalities in the provision of welfare
  Example sentencesExamples
  Dependency on welfare was growing and approaching the peak it would reach in 1995.
  The implications for long-term funding of welfare and pensions is profound.
  The workers are demanding an expansion and prompt payment of welfare benefits to the unemployed.
  We must look behind these numbers to see if how families fare after leaving welfare.
  What got me back was that I was on food stamps and welfare and I had a family to support.
  Welfare benefits are being reduced and new provisions introduced to restrict access to welfare.
  The Government wants to keep putting up taxes in order to support its welfare expenditure.
  We know that real jobs are a better guarantee of prosperity for the unemployed than welfare.
  A decade ago, some Chumash still relied on welfare and donated clothing.
  America, rightly or wrongly, spends a great deal on welfare.
  First, cuts in welfare and other social programs have reduced government health insurance.
  Synonyms
  social security, benefit, state benefit, benefit payment, public assistance
  allowance, pension, credit, support
  sick pay, sickness benefit, unemployment benefit/pay

Origin

Middle English: from the adverb well¹ + the verb fare.

Definition of welfare in US English:

welfare

nounˈwɛlˌfɛrˈwelˌfer

1The health, happiness, and fortunes of a person or group.
they don't give a damn about the welfare of their families
Example sentencesExamples
- Their help and support over the past few months have made an immense difference to the welfare and happiness of our family.
- There's an interesting conference about animal welfare going on somewhere at the moment.
- It's total disregard for the financial and emotional welfare of everyone involved.
- All or most states already have laws to protect the health and welfare of animals.
- He has not been heard from since, and there are grave concerns for his safety and welfare.
- It is your programme in writing for managing health, safety and welfare within your business.
- After a month or so a programme of home visits begins, and enquiries are made about the health and general welfare of each family.
- He said that the health, safety and welfare of officers was always of concern.
- This type of cost cutting threatens the health and welfare of local residents.
- The agency said the decision was taken to ensure the children's safety and welfare.
- Its bosses say they are looking to reduce sugar and fat for the health and welfare of us all.
- We need to ensure that no one has to put the health and welfare of his or her family at risk in order to keep a job.
- Our paramount concerns are for his and other patient's welfare and safety.
- Provision for the pupils' care, health, safety and welfare is very good.
- If you are interested in animal welfare there are two young dogs urgently in need of homes.
- He had no thought but for me, my welfare, my comfort, my safety, my happiness.
- Tributes are being paid to a North Yorkshire woman who was devoted to the protection and welfare of cats.
- The confidentiality was agreed to protect the interests and welfare of the student.
- He was found guilty of failing to ensure the health, safety and welfare of his employees.
- They should not only care for the welfare of the children, but should also have financial knowledge.
- We have been let down by people who should have been looking after Laura's health and welfare and we are all devastated.
- However, housing some birds would not be in their interest where health and welfare is concerned.
Synonyms
well-being, health, good health, happiness, comfort, security, safety, protection, prosperity, profit, good, success, fortune, good fortune, advantage, interest, prosperousness, successfulness
1. 1.1 Statutory procedure or social effort designed to promote the basic physical and material well-being of people in need.
  the protection of rights to education, housing, and welfare
  Example sentencesExamples
  In part, this reflects the fact that such groups are benefiting from welfare privatisation.
  To be sure, every increase in wages and social welfare measures boosts demand.
  Workers remembered the privatisations, sackings, and attacks on social security and welfare.
  They want more spent on education, health and welfare and they want it now.
  On public sector privatisation and cuts in welfare benefits, Labour and the Tories are united.
  I am proud of our social welfare system and the safety net it provides for those who need it.
  In the six years since Labour came to power we have seen our public services and welfare system eroded almost into extinction.
  Health spending, welfare and aged care benefits are seen as the main culprits.
  In this argument charity is private benevolence and social welfare is public.
  Political involvement was the foundation of all social welfare and public service.
  Statutory welfare agencies have also used the threat of criminalization to secure compliance to new social norms.
  They also tend to spend more time on study and meditation and less on social affairs and community welfare programmes.
  Mr. Rector has advocated devoting much more federal welfare money for promoting marriage.
  Social welfare, designed to fill the gap where the family can no longer provide, hardly exists.
  The youth criminal justice system is expanding into areas that child welfare services would once have intervened in.
  Social welfare service employees and municipal inspectors are also on strike.
  Firstly immigrants and refugees are not a drain on the NHS and the social welfare services.
2. 1.2North American Financial support given to people in need.
  Example sentencesExamples
  Welfare benefits are being reduced and new provisions introduced to restrict access to welfare.
  We must look behind these numbers to see if how families fare after leaving welfare.
  The implications for long-term funding of welfare and pensions is profound.
  The workers are demanding an expansion and prompt payment of welfare benefits to the unemployed.
  First, cuts in welfare and other social programs have reduced government health insurance.
  The Government wants to keep putting up taxes in order to support its welfare expenditure.
  We know that real jobs are a better guarantee of prosperity for the unemployed than welfare.
  What got me back was that I was on food stamps and welfare and I had a family to support.
  America, rightly or wrongly, spends a great deal on welfare.
  A decade ago, some Chumash still relied on welfare and donated clothing.
  Dependency on welfare was growing and approaching the peak it would reach in 1995.
  Synonyms
  social security, benefit, state benefit, benefit payment, public assistance

Phrases

on welfare

Receiving government financial assistance for basic material needs.
Example sentencesExamples
- We were on welfare and so she was gone a lot and I kind of feel like I raised Ashley.
- I'm going places, while they'll stay on welfare and junk like that their whole lives.
- Elisa cut off financial support, prompting Emily and her children to go on welfare.
- Born into an Italian family living in a South Bronx ghetto, Zimbardo grew up poor and on welfare.
- However, the financial cost to leaders of support groups is often substantial, given that many are on welfare.
- Yet these kids came from poor homes, often broken homes, and many were on welfare.
- When I was growing up my family was on welfare, so I have a strong sense of welfare-class consciousness.
- Relatively low levels of the community are therefore on welfare and public assistance.
- It's easy to criticize people on welfare when you haven't been in their shoes.
- The social worker at the hospital put me on welfare and got together an application for disability.
- In April, single parents on welfare were hit with a $51 cut to their support allowance.
- The dumb broads in the corner reading bridal magazines are now bingo hall cashiers who envy their girlfriends on welfare.
- One was on welfare living off the dole, but I think that two of them had jobs, wives, and small children.
- People on welfare do not save money, they spend everything they get.
- Before then, I lived with my mother, who was single and on welfare at the time.
- Which author has sold millions of books but was actually on welfare for about a year while writing her first one?
- Angela has been on welfare most of her adult life, and she has never been able to make ends meet.

Origin

Middle English: from the adverb well + the verb fare.

单词	welfare
释义	Definition of welfare in English: welfare noun ˈwɛlfɛːˈwɛlˌfɛr mass noun 1The health, happiness, and fortunes of a person or group. they don't give a damn about the welfare of their families Example sentencesExamples This type of cost cutting threatens the health and welfare of local residents. Their help and support over the past few months have made an immense difference to the welfare and happiness of our family. There's an interesting conference about animal welfare going on somewhere at the moment. We have been let down by people who should have been looking after Laura's health and welfare and we are all devastated. We need to ensure that no one has to put the health and welfare of his or her family at risk in order to keep a job. If you are interested in animal welfare there are two young dogs urgently in need of homes. After a month or so a programme of home visits begins, and enquiries are made about the health and general welfare of each family. However, housing some birds would not be in their interest where health and welfare is concerned. The confidentiality was agreed to protect the interests and welfare of the student. The agency said the decision was taken to ensure the children's safety and welfare. They should not only care for the welfare of the children, but should also have financial knowledge. Provision for the pupils' care, health, safety and welfare is very good. Our paramount concerns are for his and other patient's welfare and safety. He had no thought but for me, my welfare, my comfort, my safety, my happiness. Its bosses say they are looking to reduce sugar and fat for the health and welfare of us all. He has not been heard from since, and there are grave concerns for his safety and welfare. All or most states already have laws to protect the health and welfare of animals. He was found guilty of failing to ensure the health, safety and welfare of his employees. Tributes are being paid to a North Yorkshire woman who was devoted to the protection and welfare of cats. It's total disregard for the financial and emotional welfare of everyone involved. He said that the health, safety and welfare of officers was always of concern. It is your programme in writing for managing health, safety and welfare within your business. Synonyms well-being, health, good health, happiness, comfort, security, safety, protection, prosperity, profit, good, success, fortune, good fortune, advantage, interest, prosperousness, successfulness 2Statutory procedure or social effort designed to promote the basic physical and material well-being of people in need. the protection of rights to education, housing, and welfare Example sentencesExamples In part, this reflects the fact that such groups are benefiting from welfare privatisation. Political involvement was the foundation of all social welfare and public service. Workers remembered the privatisations, sackings, and attacks on social security and welfare. To be sure, every increase in wages and social welfare measures boosts demand. On public sector privatisation and cuts in welfare benefits, Labour and the Tories are united. They want more spent on education, health and welfare and they want it now. In this argument charity is private benevolence and social welfare is public. Firstly immigrants and refugees are not a drain on the NHS and the social welfare services. Statutory welfare agencies have also used the threat of criminalization to secure compliance to new social norms. Health spending, welfare and aged care benefits are seen as the main culprits. I am proud of our social welfare system and the safety net it provides for those who need it. Mr. Rector has advocated devoting much more federal welfare money for promoting marriage. The youth criminal justice system is expanding into areas that child welfare services would once have intervened in. In the six years since Labour came to power we have seen our public services and welfare system eroded almost into extinction. Social welfare, designed to fill the gap where the family can no longer provide, hardly exists. They also tend to spend more time on study and meditation and less on social affairs and community welfare programmes. Social welfare service employees and municipal inspectors are also on strike. 2.1North American Financial support given to those who are unemployed or otherwise in need. critics feared an increase in inequalities in the provision of welfare Example sentencesExamples Dependency on welfare was growing and approaching the peak it would reach in 1995. The implications for long-term funding of welfare and pensions is profound. The workers are demanding an expansion and prompt payment of welfare benefits to the unemployed. We must look behind these numbers to see if how families fare after leaving welfare. What got me back was that I was on food stamps and welfare and I had a family to support. Welfare benefits are being reduced and new provisions introduced to restrict access to welfare. The Government wants to keep putting up taxes in order to support its welfare expenditure. We know that real jobs are a better guarantee of prosperity for the unemployed than welfare. A decade ago, some Chumash still relied on welfare and donated clothing. America, rightly or wrongly, spends a great deal on welfare. First, cuts in welfare and other social programs have reduced government health insurance. Synonyms social security, benefit, state benefit, benefit payment, public assistance allowance, pension, credit, support sick pay, sickness benefit, unemployment benefit/pay Origin Middle English: from the adverb well¹ + the verb fare. Definition of welfare in US English: welfare nounˈwɛlˌfɛrˈwelˌfer 1The health, happiness, and fortunes of a person or group. they don't give a damn about the welfare of their families Example sentencesExamples Their help and support over the past few months have made an immense difference to the welfare and happiness of our family. There's an interesting conference about animal welfare going on somewhere at the moment. It's total disregard for the financial and emotional welfare of everyone involved. All or most states already have laws to protect the health and welfare of animals. He has not been heard from since, and there are grave concerns for his safety and welfare. It is your programme in writing for managing health, safety and welfare within your business. After a month or so a programme of home visits begins, and enquiries are made about the health and general welfare of each family. He said that the health, safety and welfare of officers was always of concern. This type of cost cutting threatens the health and welfare of local residents. The agency said the decision was taken to ensure the children's safety and welfare. Its bosses say they are looking to reduce sugar and fat for the health and welfare of us all. We need to ensure that no one has to put the health and welfare of his or her family at risk in order to keep a job. Our paramount concerns are for his and other patient's welfare and safety. Provision for the pupils' care, health, safety and welfare is very good. If you are interested in animal welfare there are two young dogs urgently in need of homes. He had no thought but for me, my welfare, my comfort, my safety, my happiness. Tributes are being paid to a North Yorkshire woman who was devoted to the protection and welfare of cats. The confidentiality was agreed to protect the interests and welfare of the student. He was found guilty of failing to ensure the health, safety and welfare of his employees. They should not only care for the welfare of the children, but should also have financial knowledge. We have been let down by people who should have been looking after Laura's health and welfare and we are all devastated. However, housing some birds would not be in their interest where health and welfare is concerned. Synonyms well-being, health, good health, happiness, comfort, security, safety, protection, prosperity, profit, good, success, fortune, good fortune, advantage, interest, prosperousness, successfulness 1.1 Statutory procedure or social effort designed to promote the basic physical and material well-being of people in need. the protection of rights to education, housing, and welfare Example sentencesExamples In part, this reflects the fact that such groups are benefiting from welfare privatisation. To be sure, every increase in wages and social welfare measures boosts demand. Workers remembered the privatisations, sackings, and attacks on social security and welfare. They want more spent on education, health and welfare and they want it now. On public sector privatisation and cuts in welfare benefits, Labour and the Tories are united. I am proud of our social welfare system and the safety net it provides for those who need it. In the six years since Labour came to power we have seen our public services and welfare system eroded almost into extinction. Health spending, welfare and aged care benefits are seen as the main culprits. In this argument charity is private benevolence and social welfare is public. Political involvement was the foundation of all social welfare and public service. Statutory welfare agencies have also used the threat of criminalization to secure compliance to new social norms. They also tend to spend more time on study and meditation and less on social affairs and community welfare programmes. Mr. Rector has advocated devoting much more federal welfare money for promoting marriage. Social welfare, designed to fill the gap where the family can no longer provide, hardly exists. The youth criminal justice system is expanding into areas that child welfare services would once have intervened in. Social welfare service employees and municipal inspectors are also on strike. Firstly immigrants and refugees are not a drain on the NHS and the social welfare services. 1.2North American Financial support given to people in need. Example sentencesExamples Welfare benefits are being reduced and new provisions introduced to restrict access to welfare. We must look behind these numbers to see if how families fare after leaving welfare. The implications for long-term funding of welfare and pensions is profound. The workers are demanding an expansion and prompt payment of welfare benefits to the unemployed. First, cuts in welfare and other social programs have reduced government health insurance. The Government wants to keep putting up taxes in order to support its welfare expenditure. We know that real jobs are a better guarantee of prosperity for the unemployed than welfare. What got me back was that I was on food stamps and welfare and I had a family to support. America, rightly or wrongly, spends a great deal on welfare. A decade ago, some Chumash still relied on welfare and donated clothing. Dependency on welfare was growing and approaching the peak it would reach in 1995. Synonyms social security, benefit, state benefit, benefit payment, public assistance Phrases on welfare Receiving government financial assistance for basic material needs. Example sentencesExamples We were on welfare and so she was gone a lot and I kind of feel like I raised Ashley. I'm going places, while they'll stay on welfare and junk like that their whole lives. Elisa cut off financial support, prompting Emily and her children to go on welfare. Born into an Italian family living in a South Bronx ghetto, Zimbardo grew up poor and on welfare. However, the financial cost to leaders of support groups is often substantial, given that many are on welfare. Yet these kids came from poor homes, often broken homes, and many were on welfare. When I was growing up my family was on welfare, so I have a strong sense of welfare-class consciousness. Relatively low levels of the community are therefore on welfare and public assistance. It's easy to criticize people on welfare when you haven't been in their shoes. The social worker at the hospital put me on welfare and got together an application for disability. In April, single parents on welfare were hit with a $51 cut to their support allowance. The dumb broads in the corner reading bridal magazines are now bingo hall cashiers who envy their girlfriends on welfare. One was on welfare living off the dole, but I think that two of them had jobs, wives, and small children. People on welfare do not save money, they spend everything they get. Before then, I lived with my mother, who was single and on welfare at the time. Which author has sold millions of books but was actually on welfare for about a year while writing her first one? Angela has been on welfare most of her adult life, and she has never been able to make ends meet. Origin Middle English: from the adverb well + the verb fare. noun.1 phr.
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