/ ˈwɜːkfeə(r); NAmE ˈwɜːrkfer/ noun
[ U ] a system in which unemployed people have to work in order to get money for food, rent, etc. from the government
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WORD ORIGIN
1960s: from work + a shortened form of welfare .
/ ˈwɜːkfeə(r); NAmE ˈwɜːrkfer/ noun
[ U ] a system in which unemployed people have to work in order to get money for food, rent, etc. from the government
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WORD ORIGIN
1960s: from work + a shortened form of welfare .
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005