social services
social services noun: a government-run program meant to benefit society as a whole, with a particular view to the less economically fortunate.
Noun
social services pl (plural only)
- A government-run program meant to benefit society as a whole, with a particular view to the less economically fortunate.
- The government employees collectively running such a program.
- “Do ya want some grub? I suppose I betta feed ya,” said the vile woman. “If ya starve to death I’ll have social services all over me like a bleedin’ rash.”2012, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Ratburger, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN
- Grace and her twin brother Gilbert (Kodi Smit-McPhee) lost their mother during birth, and their alcoholic father during their hardscrabble childhood. The pair are divided up by social services, Grace sent to one side of the continent, Gilbert to the other.2024 October 23, Jacob Oller, “Clay weepy Memoir Of A Snail crawls through a gauntlet of misery”, in AV Club
- The government employees collectively running such a program.
Questions about social services
- What does social services mean?
- Social services means a government-run program meant to benefit society as a whole, with a particular view to the less economically fortunate.
- What part of speech is social services?
- Social services is a noun.
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