social welfare
noun
: organized public or private social services for the assistance of disadvantaged groups
specifically
: social work
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The government set more modest increases of around 5 percent in spending on health care and social welfare.
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Chris Buckley, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2025
This will increase demand for critical infrastructure and public services such as education, housing, transportation, water, health care, and social welfare.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 12 Feb. 2025
On the left, economic populists emphasize higher taxes on the wealthy, stronger labor protections, universal healthcare and expanded social welfare programs, as supported by Senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren.
—Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 12 Mar. 2025
First, do conventional measures of growth, such as the change in a country’s gross national product, omit key aspects of collective social welfare, such as environmental quality and income inequality?
—Foreign Affairs, 14 Jan. 2025
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Chris Buckley, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2025
This will increase demand for critical infrastructure and public services such as education, housing, transportation, water, health care, and social welfare.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 12 Feb. 2025
On the left, economic populists emphasize higher taxes on the wealthy, stronger labor protections, universal healthcare and expanded social welfare programs, as supported by Senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren.
—Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 12 Mar. 2025
First, do conventional measures of growth, such as the change in a country’s gross national product, omit key aspects of collective social welfare, such as environmental quality and income inequality?
—Foreign Affairs, 14 Jan. 2025
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“Social welfare.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/social%20welfare. Accessed 28 Mar. 2025.
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social welfare
noun
social wel·fare
-ˈwel-ˌfa(ə)r, -ˌfe(ə)r 
: organized public or private social services for the assistance of disadvantaged groups
specifically
: social work
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