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单词 workfare
释义

workfare

[ wuhrk-fair ]
/ ˈwʌrkˌfɛər /

noun

a governmental plan under which welfare recipients are required to accept public-service jobs or to participate in job training.

Origin of workfare

First recorded in 1965–70; work + (wel)fare

Words nearby workfare

workers' compensation, workers' compensation insurance, workers' cooperative, work ethic, Work expands to fill the time available for its completion, workfare, work farm, workflow, workfolk, work force, work function
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Example sentences from the Web for workfare

  • The Third New Deal in 1938 produced a massive return to workfare programs, which resumed economic progress.

    Why The Right Should Leave FDR Alone|Conrad Black|October 22, 2008|DAILY BEAST

British Dictionary definitions for workfare

workfare
/ (ˈwɜːkˌfɛə) /

noun

a scheme under which the government of a country requires unemployed people to do community work or undergo job training in return for social-security payments

Word Origin for workfare

C20: from work + (wel) fare
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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