Definitions for welfare
ˈwɛlˌfɛərwel·fare

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. social welfare, welfare, public assistance(noun)

   governmental provision of economic assistance to persons in need

   "she lives on welfare"

2. benefit, welfare(noun)

   something that aids or promotes well-being

   "for the benefit of all"

3. wellbeing, well-being, welfare, upbeat, eudaemonia, eudaimonia(noun)

   a contented state of being happy and healthy and prosperous

   "the town was finally on the upbeat after our recent troubles"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. welfare(Noun)

   health, happiness and prosperity; well-being in any respect

   Etymology: wel faran "wellness" (cognate with Old Norse velferð, Swedish välfärd and Dutch welvaart.) Equivalent to .

2. welfare(Noun)

   (chiefly U.S.) various forms of financial aid provided by the government to those who are in need of it (abbreviated form of Welfare assistance), social security, income support,

   Etymology: wel faran "wellness" (cognate with Old Norse velferð, Swedish välfärd and Dutch welvaart.) Equivalent to .

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Welfare(noun)

   well-doing or well-being in any respect; the enjoyment of health and the common blessings of life; exemption from any evil or calamity; prosperity; happiness

   Etymology: [Well + fare to go, to proceed, to happen.]

Freebase(4.25 / 4 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Welfare

   Welfare is the provision of a minimal level of well-being and social support for all citizens, sometimes referred to as public aid. In most developed countries welfare is largely provided by the government, and to a lesser extent, charities, informal social groups, religious groups, and inter-governmental organizations. The welfare state expands on this concept to include services such as universal healthcare and unemployment insurance.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Welfare

   wel′fār, n. state of faring or doing well: freedom from any calamity, &c.: enjoyment of health, &c.: prosperity.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'welfare' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2110

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'welfare' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4177

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'welfare' in Nouns Frequency: #951

How to pronounce welfare?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

How to say welfare in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of welfare in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of welfare in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of welfare in a Sentence

1. Markus Kallifatides:

   It's about defending democracy and for our group that means defending the welfare state where no one is left behind, sweden is not that society anymore.

2. Daphne Sheldrick:

   Something needs to be done on the other end, there's no welfare in Africa -- there's poverty and unemployment, [so] as long as a man can get money from killing an elephant, he will.

3. John Kasich:

   When you balance as many budgets as I have, have cut as much taxes, been for as much school choice, reformed welfare, ended the entitlements -- go through all this, grow government at a very small amount. I don't understand it other than maybe sometimes I say we need to work together with the Democrats.

4. Gert Tinggaard Svendsen:

   Trust is the foundation for Scandinavian openness about taxes, the welfare systems we have in Norway, Sweden and Denmark are basically a collective insurance ... you trust that all the other people will work and pay taxes. That trust in other people gets an extreme expression in the publication of taxes.

5. Robert Rector:

   Essentially it says we will let the illegals come in and take all of the jobs and then we’ll put American workers onto a kind of welfare reservation where they can live out their lives on that reservation.

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