| 单词 | welfare benefit |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswelfare benefit welfare benefit n. a payment made by the state to someone entitled to receive it, esp. to alleviate financial hardship (usually in plural); (also) such payments collectively. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > grants and allowances > [noun] > state allowance benefit1911 welfare benefit1913 welfare cheque1922 social security1943 pogey1954 entitlement programme1956 SS1963 social1966 welfare1970 social benefit1972 relief1995 society > society and the community > social attitudes > philanthropy > [noun] > social service provided by (local) government > benefit provided by state benefit1875 welfare benefit1913 sustenance1917 social security1943 entitlement1945 welfare1968 1913 Survey 1 Feb. 598/2 Granite City has had neither spectacular ‘welfare’ benefits, nor arbitrary regulation of every day life in accordance with the whim of an autocrat. 1975 Leader-Post (Regina, Sask.) 9 May 2 Old age security, the basic flat-rate pension for 1.9 million persons over 65, is one of four federal welfare benefits indexed to provide higher payments as the consumer price index rises. 2001 G. Day Class 190 The cuts in welfare benefit saved £12 billion, £8 billion of which funded tax cuts for the rich. < as lemmas |
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