From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishwelfarewel‧fare /ˈwelfeə $ -fer/●くろまる●くろまる○しろまるW2AWL noun [uncountable]1SAFEsomeone’s welfare is their health and happinessOur only concern is the children’s welfare.2PEWhelp that is provided for people who have personal or social problemswelfare benefits/services/programmes etcthe provision of education and welfare servicesThe company’s welfare officer deals with employees’ personal problems.3American EnglishPEW money that is paid by the government in the US to people who are very poor or unemployedSYN benefit British Englishon welfareMost of the people in this neighborhood are on welfare.Examples from the Corpuswelfare• As in other cases, the deadweightwelfarelossdepends on the priceelasticity of demand.• Annabelle stopped getting welfarebenefits when her husbandlanded a minimum-wage job.• Since 1985, she has quit two full-time jobs because her net pay was less than her welfarecheck.• In humanterms, however, welfarereform is definitely risky.• Getting people off welfare and into paying jobs is a majornationalpriority.• Raising the minimumwage might make it more difficult for people on welfare to get a job.• The amount of money that the government spends on welfare has halved in the pastdecade.• Make another subtraction for everything else other than spending on the elderly that has to be done in the social welfare system.• We are very concerned about the welfare of U.S. citizens abroad.• Concern for the welfare of the workers, or laboursupply, changed.• The welfareprovisions, meanwhile, require states to put recipients to work and penalize those that fail to do so.welfare benefits/services/programmes etc• C., a proposal in Congress would end federalfinancing for health and welfare services for legalimmigrants.• The terminal workers were fired, and they lost their health and welfare benefits.• In addition, government policies on taxation and welfare benefits will have a significantinfluence.• The measure would also limitcashwelfare benefits to a total of five years.• He advocates ways of limiting men's role in child welfare services, and says men should practicenurturing each other.• Similarly, drug-free status must be a basic of eligibility for federal welfare benefits.• He attacksillegalimmigration and opposeswelfare benefits for illegal immigrants.• The most important benefits were adequate job provision, regular pay rises and statewelfare services.on welfare• Most of the people in this neighborhood are on welfare.