noun
1 good health and happiness
ADJECTIVE
▪ animal , child , community , family , human , personal
▪
people concerned about child ~
▪ general , public
VERB + WELFARE
▪ improve , promote
▪
The government's policies will promote the ~ of all citizens.
2 money, etc. from the government
ADJECTIVE
▪ state
▪ social
VERB + WELFARE
▪ collect , receive (both AmE )
▪ leave ( AmE )
▪
financial incentives to leave ~
WELFARE + NOUN
▪ state
▪
the provision of services such as health through the ~ state
▪ agency , authorities , department , office ( esp. AmE ), programme/program , provision , services , system
▪ rolls ( AmE )
▪
The government is trying to move more people off the ~ rolls into work.
▪ officer ( BrE ), worker
▪ benefits , payments
▪
lone parents living on ~ benefits
▪ check ( AmE )
▪
The ~ check never went far enough.
▪ budget , costs , spending
▪ cuts
▪ policy , reform
▪ recipient
▪ mother ( AmE )
▪ fraud
▪
The new government promised to clamp down on ~ fraud.
▪ dependency
PREPOSITION
▪ on ~ ( esp. AmE )
▪
the number of families on ~