workfare

[ wuhrk-fair ]

/ ˈwʌrkˌfɛər /

noun

a governmental plan under which welfare recipients are required to accept public-service jobs or to participate in job training.

Nearby words

worker participation, worker-priest, workers' compensation, workers' compensation insurance, workers' cooperative, workfare, workflow, workfolk, workforce, workhorse, workhouse

Origin of workfare

First recorded in 1965–70; work + (wel)fare

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Examples from the Web for workfare

The Third New Deal in 1938 produced a massive return to workfare programs, which resumed economic progress.
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British Dictionary definitions for workfare

workfare

/ (ˈwɜːkˌfɛə) /

noun

a scheme under which the government of a country requires unemployed people to do community work or undergo job training in return for social-security payments

Word Origin for workfare

C20: from work + (wel) fare

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