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☆ work·fare (wʉrk′fer′)

noun

a government program requiring employable recipients of welfare to register for work or work training

Etymology: work + (wel)fare

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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