welfare
/ˈwelfeər/ noun [U]Definition
COMFORT › Someone's welfare is their health and happiness: He is concerned about the welfare of young men in prison.
MONEY US (UK social security) › money paid by a government to people who are poor, ill, or who do not have jobs: to be on welfare (= getting welfare)
(Definition of welfare noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
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