Word Net
welfareNoun
1 governmental provision of economic assistance
to persons in need [syn: social
welfare]
2 something that aids or promotes well-being;
"for the common good" [syn: benefit]
3 a contented state of being happy and healthy
and prosperous; "the town was finally on the upbeat after our
recent troubles" [syn: wellbeing, well-being,
upbeat, eudaemonia, eudaimonia] [ant: ill-being]
Moby Thesaurus
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Etymology
wel faran "wellness" (cognate with velferð)Noun
welfare- health, happiness and prosperity; contentment
- aid, provided by a government, etc. to people in need, especially financial aid
Translations
health, happiness and prosperity; contentment
- Czech: blaho
- Danish: lykke , velfærd
- Chinese: 幸福;健康安樂
- Finnish: hyvinvointi
- German: Wohlergehen
aid, provided by a government, etc.
- Danish: forsorg
- Chinese: 福利
- Finnish: sosiaaliavustus, sosiaalituki
- German: Sozialhilfe
Welfare 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 Wiseman
In economics:
- Social welfare provision, government programs which seek to provide a minimum level of income, service or other support for disadvantaged peoples
- Welfare
(financial aid), financial assistance paid by taxpayers to
people who are unable to support themselves, cf. Workfare, an
alternative model requiring recipients to participate in
work-rehabilitation programs,
- Corporate welfare, a pejorative describing a government's bestowal of money grants, tax breaks, or other special favorable treatment on corporations
- Welfare state, in which the state assumes primary responsibility for the welfare of its citizens beyond a minimum level
- Welfare economics, determines allocative efficiency and the income distribution within an economy; see also, Social welfare function
- Social security, social welfare service concerned with social protection
welfare in German: Wohlfahrt
(Begriffsklärung)
welfare in Indonesian: Kesejahteraan
sosial
welfare in Japanese: 厚生
welfare in Finnish: Sosiaaliturva
See also
- Administration of federal assistance in the United States
- Affordable housing
- Canada Pension Plan
- Corporate welfare
- Disability pension
- Folkhemmet
- Government spending
- Guaranteed minimum income
- Income Support
- National Health Service
- Pauper's oath
- Social insurance
- Social safety net
- Social security
- Social work, a profession intrinsically involved in the provision of welfare
- Subsidized housing
- Welfare state