social service
noun
organized welfare efforts carried on under professional auspices by trained personnel.
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Origin of social service
First recorded in 1850–55
OTHER WORDS FROM social service
so·cial-serv·ice, adjectiveWords nearby social service
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Example sentences from the Web for social service
Afterward, the state convened an expert panel to review how its social-service systems had failed.
And, so, we have built a vast network of charities and social-service providers.
Why Obama Health-Care Rule on Contraception Angers Catholic Democrats|Michael Sean Winters|February 10, 2012|DAILY BEASTI remember a meeting of social-service workers in Boston that I was invited to address.
Habits that Handicap|Charles B. TownsI wonder why it is that we are not as enthusiastic in this social-service work as we are in attacking the problem of war.
Defenseless America|Hudson Maxim