welfare
English
Noun
(uncountable) Health, safety, happiness and prosperity; well-being in any respect.
* , chapter=19
, title= The Mirror and the Lamp
, passage=Nothing was too small to receive attention, if a supervising eye could suggest improvements likely to conduce to the common welfare . Mr. Gordon Burnage, for instance, personally visited dust-bins and back premises, accompanied by a sort of village bailiff, going his round like a commanding officer doing billets.}}
(uncountable, chiefly, US) Various forms of financial aid provided by the government to those who are in need of it (abbreviated form of Welfare assistance ).
Synonyms
* income support, public assistance, social security
Antonyms
* evilfare
* illfare
* woefare
* wofare
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benefit
English
Noun
(en noun )
An advantage, help, sake or aid from something.
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, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=5
, passage=When this conversation was repeated in detail within the hearing of the young woman in question, and undoubtedly for his benefit , Mr. Trevor threw shame to the winds and scandalized the Misses Brewster then and there by proclaiming his father to have been a country storekeeper.}}
A payment made in accordance with an insurance policy or a public assistance scheme.
A performance, etc, given to raise funds for some cause.
(obsolete) beneficence; liberality
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Derived terms
* beneficial
* benefiter
Synonyms
* (advantage, help ): foredeal, advantage, aid, assistance, boon, help
* (payment ): subsidy
Antonyms
* (advantage, help ): disadvantage, encumbrance, hindrance, nuisance, obstacle, detriment
Verb
To be or to provide a benefit to.
* Bible, Jer. xviii. 10
- I will repent of the good, wherewith I said I would benefit them.
To receive a benefit (from); to be a beneficiary.
Usage notes
* Benefiting and benefited are more common, with benefitting and benefitted being a minor variant especially in the US.
Antonyms
* malefic
* detriment
Derived terms
(terms derived from “benefit”)
* benefit association
* benefit dollar
* benefit in kind
* benefit of clergy
* benefit principle
* benefit society
* benefit-cost analysis
* benefit-cost ratio
* benefits coordinator
* bennies
* cafeteria benefit
* child tax benefit
* core benefit
* cost-benefit analysis
* death benefit
* elective benefit
* employee benefit
* equivalent annual benefit
* family benefit
* friend with benefits
* fringe benefit
* income-related benefit
* injury benefit
* maternity benefit
* means-tested benefit
* nonstatutory fringe benefit
* nonwage benefit
* private benefit
* risk-benefit
* sickness benefit
* state benefit
* stranded benefit
* supplementary benefit
* survivor benefit
* unemployment benefit
* variable death benefit
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