welfare

/ˈwelfeər/ noun [U]

Translation

COMFORT › Someone's welfare is their health and happiness.

sağlık afiyet; refah mutluluk; esenlik

He is concerned about the welfare of young men in prison.573

MONEY US ( UK social security) › money paid by a government to people who are poor, ill, or who do not have jobs

sosyal yardım parası

to be on welfare (= getting welfare) 386428

(Definition of welfare noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

everything that exists or is possible

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