social welfare
noun
: organized public or private social services for the assistance of disadvantaged groups
specifically
: social work
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Minister of Finance Jack Chambers announced a 10.5-billion-euro ($11.6-billion) 2025 budget package, which included higher public infrastructure investment and social welfare support.
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Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 2 Oct. 2024
While one-off cash handouts and subsidies may boost short-term consumption, robust social welfare and healthcare are needed to make Chinese households feel comfortable to spend more in the long run, especially following the collapse of the property sector, where most Chinese invest their savings.
—Nectar Gan, CNN, 30 Sep. 2024
Each would be sovereign, possessing a separate constitutional order, membership in international organizations, and independent authority over a broad array of spheres, such as education, foreign affairs, law enforcement, social welfare, and taxation.
—Omar M. Dajani, Foreign Affairs, 19 Sep. 2024
The gala, which Variety’s Marc Malkin will host, will honor the actors for their work with charitable and social welfare causes.
—Diego Ramos Bechara, Variety, 6 Sep. 2024
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Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 2 Oct. 2024
While one-off cash handouts and subsidies may boost short-term consumption, robust social welfare and healthcare are needed to make Chinese households feel comfortable to spend more in the long run, especially following the collapse of the property sector, where most Chinese invest their savings.
—Nectar Gan, CNN, 30 Sep. 2024
Each would be sovereign, possessing a separate constitutional order, membership in international organizations, and independent authority over a broad array of spheres, such as education, foreign affairs, law enforcement, social welfare, and taxation.
—Omar M. Dajani, Foreign Affairs, 19 Sep. 2024
The gala, which Variety’s Marc Malkin will host, will honor the actors for their work with charitable and social welfare causes.
—Diego Ramos Bechara, Variety, 6 Sep. 2024
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social welfare
noun
social wel·fare
-ˈwel-ˌfa(ə)r, -ˌfe(ə)r 
: organized public or private social services for the assistance of disadvantaged groups
specifically
: social work
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