welfare payments

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• Welfare (financial aid) — Welfare is financial assistance paid to people by governments. Some welfare is general, while specific and can only be invoked under certain circumstances, such as a scholarship. Welfare payments can be made to individuals or to companies or… …   Wikipedia

• welfare payment — ➔ payment * * * welfare payment UK US noun [C] US GOVERNMENT, ECONOMICS ► an amount of money that is paid by the government to someone who is ill, poor, or has no job: »She receives $620 a month in welfare payments …   Financial and business terms

• Welfare trap — The welfare trap theory asserts that taxation and welfare systems can jointly contribute to keep people on social insurance. This is also known as the unemployment trap or poverty trap in the UK.In the UK, there is a distinction between two… …   Wikipedia

• welfare — 01. He lost his job over a year ago, and now his family is surviving on [welfare] payments from the government. 02. You should consider the [welfare] of your family before you decide to take a job in another city. 03. People in this country who… …   Grammatical examples in English

• welfare — Synonyms and related words: ADC, Easy Street, Medicaid, Medicare, advantage, affluence, aid, alimony, allotment, allowance, almsgiving, altruistic, annuity, assistance, avail, bed of roses, behalf, behoof, beneficent, benefit, benevolent, benison …   Moby Thesaurus

• welfare state — Synonyms and related words: ADC, Medicaid, Medicare, absolute monarchy, aristocracy, autarchy, autocracy, autonomy, child welfare, coalition government, colonialism, commonweal, commonwealth, constitutional government, constitutional monarchy,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• Welfare reform — is a movement for policy change in countries with a state administered social welfare systems. Welfare reform is a movement to change a government s social welfare policy with aims at reducing recipient dependence on the government. Members of… …   Wikipedia

• Welfare Rights — is a discipline aimed at ensuring that United Kingdom citizens are aware of and receiving their maximum entitlement to state welfare benefits. Most local authorities in the UK employ welfare right staff, however, this role is increasingly carried …   Wikipedia

• welfare — wel‧fare [ˈwelfeə ǁ fer] noun [uncountable] ECONOMICS 1. help that is given by government to people with social or financial problems: • a drastic reform of the welfare system 2. money paid by the government to people who are poor, unemployed etc …   Financial and business terms

• welfare state — a state in which the welfare of the people in such matters as social security, health and education, housing, and working conditions is the responsibility of the government. [1940 45] * * * Concept of government in which the state plays a key… …   Universalium

• welfare — noun 1 good health and happiness ADJECTIVE ▪ animal, child, community, family, human, personal ▪ people concerned about child welfare ▪ gen …   Collocations dictionary