social welfare

noun

1. social services provided by a government for its citizens.

social welfare

noun

1. the various social services provided by a state for the benefit of its citizens
2. capitals (in New Zealand) a government department concerned with pensions and benefits for the elderly, the sick, etc

Word History and Origins

Origin of social welfare¹

First recorded in 1915–20

Example Sentences

Social welfare units in public hospitals will help determine eligibility and identify those who cannot afford the procedure, Mr Hallah added.

From BBC

“It’s a big deal that 16- and 17-year-olds can vote in Oakland and Berkeley school board elections, as they now influence who represents their interests,” said Laura Wray-Lake, a professor of social welfare at UCLA, who has conducted research on youth civic engagement.

From Los Angeles Times

The society is widely seen as an instrumental force in cultivating young conservative lawyers and building a bench of future judges whose embrace of legal theories like originalism and textualism have led to decisions overturning abortion rights, environmental protections and social welfare policies.

From Salon

Second, since it took over swaths of the country in 2002, after Israel abandoned a failed 18-year-long occupation, Hezbollah has infiltrated many realms of life—politics and social welfare, as well as the military.

From Slate

Trump’s deep state includes the civil servants in the federal regulatory and social welfare bureaucracy as well as in the national security apparatus of the CIA, FBI and Pentagon.

From Salon