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public charge

public charge noun: a person who gets more from welfare programs than they contribute.

Noun

public charge (plural public charges)

  1. A person who gets more from welfare programs than they contribute.
    • Earlier this year, amid the challenge to the public charge rule arising from the Covid-19 virus, Chief Justice John Roberts took the lead against immigrant interests yet mollified liberals poised to dissent publicly, CNN’s Joan Biskupic reported this week.2020 July 29, Priscilla Alvarez, “Judge blocks administration from implementing ‘public charge’ rule for immigrants during pandemic”, in CNN

public charge meaning in Marathi

public charge in Marathi

public charge, public employment
अधिकार adhikār

Forms of public charge

pluralpublic charges

Questions about public charge

What does public charge mean?
Public charge means a person who gets more from welfare programs than they contribute.
What is public charge in Marathi?
Public charge in Marathi is अधिकार (adhikār). See Public charge meaning in Marathi.
What part of speech is public charge?
Public charge is a noun.
What is the plural of public charge?
The plural of public charge is public charges.

Words near public charge in the dictionary

  1. public authority
  2. public bodies
  3. public body
  4. public bookcase
  5. public bookcases
  6. public charge
  7. public charges
  8. public comment
  9. public comments
  10. public convenience
  11. public conveniences

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Adapted from Wiktionary: public charge (page history and authors); अधिकार (Marathi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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