English-Thai Dictionary
Welfare
N หน่วย งานสังคมสงเคราะห์ Welfare nuai-ngan-sang-kom-song-kro
welfare
N ความสุข ความ สะดวกสบาย ความ มี สุขภาพ ดี สวัสดิภาพ prosperity well-being destitution kwam-suk
welfare
N สังคมสงเคราะห์ ประชาสงเคราะห์ sang-kom-song-krow
welfare state
N ระบบ สวัสดิการ ที่ รัฐบาล ให้ แก่ ประชาชน ทาง ด้าน ต่างๆ เช่น การศึกษา สุขภาพ การเคหะ และ อื่นๆ ra-bob-sa-wad-di-kan-ti-hai-kea-pra-cha-chon-dan-tang-tang
welfare work
N งานสังคมสงเคราะห์ เพื่อ ปรับปรุง คุณ ภาพชีวิต ของ ประชาชน กิจการ สวัสดิการ ngan-sang-kom-song-krow-puea-prab-prung-kuan-na-pab-che-wid
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
WELFARE
n.[well and fare, a good faring; G.] 1. Exemption from misfortune, sickness, calamity or evil; the enjoyment of health and the common blessings of life; prosperity; happiness; applied to persons.
2. Exemption from any unusual evil or calamity; the enjoyment of peace and prosperity, or the ordinary blessings of society and civil government; applied to states.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
WELFARE
Wel "fare `, n. Etym: [Well + fare to go, to proceed, to happen. ]
Defn: Well-doing or well-being in any respect; the enjoyment of health and the common blessings of life; exemption from any evil or calamity; prosperity; happiness. How to study for the people's welfare. Shak. In whose deep eyes Men read the welfare of the times to come. Emerson.
New American Oxford Dictionary
welfare
wel fare |ˈwelˌfe (ə )r ˈwɛlˌfɛ (ə )r | ▶noun the health, happiness, and fortunes of a person or group: they don't give a damn about the welfare of their families. • statutory procedure or social effort designed to promote the basic physical and material well-being of people in need: the protection of rights to education, housing, and welfare. • financial support given for this purpose. PHRASES on welfare receiving government financial assistance for basic material needs. ORIGIN Middle English: from the adverb well 1 + the verb fare .
welfare reform
wel fare re form ▶noun a movement to change the federal government's social welfare policy by shifting some of the responsibility to the states and cutting benefits.
welfare state
wel fare state |ˈwɛlfɛ (ə )r ˌsteɪt | ▶noun a system whereby the government undertakes to protect the health and well-being of its citizens, esp. those in financial or social need, by means of grants, pensions, and other benefits. The foundations for the modern welfare state in the US were laid by the New Deal programs of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. • a country practicing such a system.
welfare-to-work
wel fare-to-work ▶adjective denoting government policies that encourage those receiving welfare benefits to find a job, for example by providing job training: Wisconsin's hard-nosed welfare-to-work program.
welfare work
wel fare work ▶noun organized effort to promote the basic physical and material well-being of people in need. DERIVATIVES wel fare work er noun
Oxford Dictionary
welfare
wel |fare |ˈwɛlfɛː | ▶noun [ mass noun ] 1 the health, happiness, and fortunes of a person or group: they don't give a damn about the welfare of their families. 2 statutory procedure or social effort designed to promote the basic physical and material well-being of people in need: the protection of rights to education, housing, and welfare. • chiefly N. Amer. financial support given to those who are unemployed or otherwise in need. ORIGIN Middle English: from the adverb well 1 + the verb fare .
welfare reform
wel fare re form ▶noun a movement to change the federal government's social welfare policy by shifting some of the responsibility to the states and cutting benefits.
welfare state
wel |fare state ▶noun a system whereby the state undertakes to protect the health and well-being of its citizens, especially those in financial or social need, by means of grants, pensions, and other benefits. The foundations for the modern welfare state in the UK were laid by the Beveridge Report of 1942; proposals such as the establishment of a National Health Service and the National Insurance Scheme were implemented by the Labour administration in 1948. • a country practising such a system.
welfare to work
wel |fare to work ▶noun [ mass noun ] (in the UK ) the government policy of encouraging unemployed people and others receiving state benefits to find a job, for example by paying a fee to their new employers.
welfare work
wel |fare work ▶noun [ mass noun ] organized effort to promote the basic physical and material well-being of people in need. DERIVATIVES welfare worker noun
American Oxford Thesaurus
welfare
welfare noun 1 the welfare of children: well-being, health, comfort, security, safety, protection, prosperity, success, fortune; interest, good. 2 we cannot claim welfare: social security, social assistance, benefit, public assistance; pension, credit, support; sick pay, unemployment benefit; informal the dole.
Oxford Thesaurus
welfare
welfare noun 1 local authorities have a duty to promote the welfare of children: well-being, health, good health, happiness, comfort, security, safety, protection, prosperity, profit, good, success, fortune, good fortune, advantage, interest, prosperousness, successfulness. ANTONYMS hardship. 2 youngsters cannot claim welfare: social security, benefit, state benefit, benefit payment, public assistance; allowance, pension, credit, support; sick pay, sickness benefit, unemployment benefit /pay.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
welfare
wel fare /wélfèə r /〖well 1 (裕福に )fare (行く )〗名詞 U 1 福祉 , 福利 ; (健康 生活の快適さなどが満たされた )幸福 ; 〖形容詞的に 〗福祉の ▸ social [child ] welfare 社会 [児童 ]福祉 ▸ the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (日本の )厚生労働省 ▸ welfare reform 福祉改革 2 ｟主に米 ｠生活保護 (｟英 ｠social security )▸ on welfare ｟くだけて ｠生活保護を受けて ▸ welfare recipients 生活保護受給者 3 福祉事業 (welfare work ).～́ st à te 1 〖しばしばthe W- S- 〗社会保障制度 .2 福祉国家 .～́ w ò rker 福祉事業員 .
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