welfare statenoun [ C usually singular ]
uk/ˌwel.feə ˈsteɪt/us/ˌwel.fer ˈsteɪt/a system that allows the government of a country to provide social services such as healthcare, unemployment benefit, etc. to people who need them, paid for by taxes
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Social security & state benefits
- AFDC
- be on relief idiom
- benefit
- child benefit
- claim
- claimant
- EBT
- family allowance
- family credit
- giro
- housing benefit
- income support
- relief
- sickness benefit
- sign
- sign off
- social security
- social welfare
- unemployment benefit
- welfare
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