welfare

Academic Word List, sublist 5.

About 38.04 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun Health, safety, happiness and prosperity; well-being in any respect.
2. noun Shortened form of "welfare spending", "welfare payments", or "welfare assistance".
3. verb To provide with welfare or aid.

   welfaring the poor

Similar words

well-being benefit liberal welfarist social welfare upbeat welfare-statist wellness health caring

Often followed by

of state and in reform services system programs is

Word family

welfares