social welfare
- social services provided by a government for its citizens.
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Origin of social welfare
First recorded in 1915–20
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It added that it would be “operated exclusively for public and social-welfare purposes.”
The FEC has held that social-welfare nonprofits like the Kentucky Opportunity Coalition, which are organized under Sec.
Yes, as many conservatives fear, many of the new Americans would be eligible for, and take advantage of, social-welfare benefits.
social welfare
- the various social services provided by a state for the benefit of its citizens
- (capitals) (in New Zealand) a government department concerned with pensions and benefits for the elderly, the sick, etc
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