social service
noun
organized welfare efforts carried on under professional auspices by trained personnel.
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Nearby words
- social secretary,
- social security,
- social security act,
- social security administration,
- social security system,
- social services,
- social settlement,
- social sharing,
- social statics,
- social stratification
Origin of social service
First recorded in 1850–55
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019
Examples 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