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social welfare

social welfare noun: the provision of a minimal level of well-being and support for citizens and other eligible residents who lack current means to support basic needs.

Noun

social welfare (uncountable)

  1. The provision of a minimal level of well-being and support for citizens and other eligible residents who lack current means to support basic needs.

social welfare meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Malayalam and Kannada

social welfare in Tamil

சமுதாய நலன், சமூக நலன், சமூக நலம்

social welfare in Bengali

সমাজ কল্যাণ

social welfare in Malayalam

provision of support
സാമൂഹ്യക്ഷേമം sāmūhyakṣēmaṁ

social welfare in Kannada

ಸಮಾಜ ಕಲ್ಯಾಣ
More languagesFewer languages
social welfare in Tagalog
kagalingang panlipunan
social welfare in Malay
kebajikan masyarakat
social welfare in Indonesian
kesejahteraan sosial

Questions about social welfare

What does social welfare mean?
Social welfare means the provision of a minimal level of well-being and support for citizens and other eligible residents who lack current means to support basic needs.
What is social welfare in Tamil?
Social welfare in Tamil is சமுதாய நலன், சமூக நலன், சமூக நலம். See Social welfare meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is social welfare?
Social welfare is a noun.

Words near social welfare in the dictionary

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  2. social viewing
  3. social wasp
  4. social weaverbird
  5. social weaverbirds
  6. social welfare
  7. social whale
  8. social whales
  9. social work
  10. social worker
  11. social workers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: social welfare (page history and authors); social welfare (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Social Welfare (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); social welfare (Kannada Wiktionary) (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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