welfare state

UK ( US welfare state)

Translation

› a system in which the government looks after and pays for people who are ill, old, or who cannot get a job

sosyal adaleti uygulayan devlet, toplumcu devlet; sosyal devlet düzeni; refah toplumunu savunan devlet

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

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