welfare Hear it!

welfare Definition

wel·fare (wel′fer′)

noun

  1. the state of being or doing well; condition of health, happiness, and comfort; well-being; prosperity
    1. the organized efforts of government agencies that grant aid to the poor, the unemployed, etc.
    2. such aid
  3. welfare work

Etymology: ME < wel faren, to fare well: see well & fare

welfare Idioms

on welfare

receiving government aid because of poverty, unemployment, etc.

welfare Synonyms

welfare

n.

  1. Personal condition

    health, happiness, well-being, benefit, profit, prosperity, good, good fortune, progress, state of being.

  2. Social service

    social work, public assistance, public works, social aid, unemployment benefits, child welfare, federal aid, poverty program, social insurance, Social Security, health service, the dole; see also aid 1, insurance.

welfare Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • animal: My gripe is with the dealers who just want to make a huge profit without regard for the welfare of the animals.
  • livestock: VETAID exists to care for the health and welfare of livestock in Africa.
  • fox: Clearly it should also include the welfare of the fox.

Converse of object

  • safeguard: In recent decades British governments have introduced some of the most stringent controls in the world to safeguard laboratory animal welfare.
  • promote: Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people.
  • compromise: Paragraph 12 - We have already commented above on the unsatisfactory nature of the phrase " seriously compromises the welfare " .
  • improve: Rather than go quietly I would like to do something to improve animal welfare on upland organic farms.

Adjective modifier

  • animal: Any move to lift the ban on pet markets would set animal welfare back twenty years.
  • means-tested: In Britain we have seen the collapse of our funded pensions, and our social security pension is being overtaken by means-tested welfare.
  • equine: National Equine Welfare Council Represents about 60 equine welfare charities and equine based organizations having equine welfare as a main aim.
  • social: Practically all have had active experience in social welfare or other work of a relief nature.
  • spiritual: A mile south of the Bishop's Hall a little chapel was built for the spiritual welfare of the dwellers by the waterside.

Modifies a noun

  • reform: Of welfare reform are affected by not strong evidence a change the.
  • state: No more welfare state, no more human rights, no more apathy.
  • benefit: Housing Benefit Housing Benefit is a national welfare benefit which is paid by the Council to help meet the cost of your rent.
  • dependency: Foreign aid, although well-intentioned, creates welfare dependency on an international scale.
  • officer: Email your college president or welfare officer for more information.
  • recipient: By scanning the fingers of welfare recipients, no one can attempt to collect multiple welfare checks using different names.

Noun used with modifier

  • animal: Farm Training From the Farm trail we run an NVQ training course in small animal welfare.
  • greyhound: Greyhound welfare spend continues to have the highest importance.
welfare Quotes

For years I thought what was good for our country was good for General Motors, and vice versa. The difference did not exist.Our company is too big. It goes with the welfare of the country.

—Wilson, Charles called 'Engine Charlie'

For I spend all my time going about trying to persuade you, young and old, to make your first and chief concern not for your bodies nor for your possessions, but for the highest welfare of your souls, proclaiming as Igo,Wealth does not bring goodness, but goodness brings wealth and every other blessing, both to the individual and to the state.

—Plato

   It is a general popular error to imagine the loudest complainers for the public to be the most anxious for its welfare.

—Burke, Edmund

Welfare is hated by those who administer it; mistrusted by those who pay for it; and held in contempt by those who receive it.

—Goldmark, Peter Carl,Jr

The government may tomorrow withdraw every one of their troopsfrom Ireland.Ireland will be defended by her armed sons from foreign invasion, and for that purpose the armed Catholics in the south will be only too glad to join arms with the armed Protestant Ulsterman. Is it too muchtohope that out of thissituation a result mayspring that will be good not merely for the Empire but for the future welfare and integrity of the Irish nation?

—Redmond,John Edward

Welfare should be a safety-net, not a hammock.

—Anonymous

   In future, welfare will be a hand-up, not a hand-out.

—Blair,Tony (Anthony Charles Lynton)