welfare
noun
Origin of welfare
Related Words for welfare
health, benefit, well-being, interest, progress, abundance, good, advantage, success, profit, ease, euphoria, satisfaction, felicity, contentment, happiness, luck, pogey, thrivingExamples from the Web for welfare
Contemporary Examples of welfare
It was a Republican Congress working with a Democratic president that succeeded in passing the welfare reform bill the first time.
This welfare spending discourages work, increases taxes, and operates as a hidden and inefficient subsidy to low-wage businesses.
But they were not making enough profits, as the rate of growth had slowed as Brazil invested in the welfare of its own people.
If government planning and welfare had the answer, shouldn't we expect government to read the score to us once in a while?
Supporting the health and welfare of these remarkable children is our only priority.
Historical Examples of welfare
Wealth is not inimical to welfare; it ought to be its friendliest agency.
But a rest on one day out of seven is necessary also for the welfare of the body.
An Explanation of Luther's Small CatechismJoseph Stump
Before, he had thought only of the horse's welfare; now it was a matter of his own life.
ThoroughbredsW. A. Fraser
For their interests he neglected his own safety and the welfare of France.
The Boy Life of NapoleonEugenie Foa
They exhorted her to be of cheerful mind, and to fear nothing for her future welfare.
The Last of the MohicansJames Fenimore Cooper