WELFARE

Welfare has four primary meanings:

• Welfare, the good fortune, health, happiness, prosperity, etc., of a person, group, or organization; well-being quality of life
  • Animal welfare, the quality of life of animals, and concerns thereabout
• Welfare (financial aid), financial assistance paid by the government
• Welfare economics, in economics, associated with material benefit or preferred outcomes; see also social welfare function
• Social welfare, in social policy, refers to income redistribution to provide a range of services intended to meet people's needs

Welfare may also refer to:

• Welfare (film), a film directed by Frederick Wiseman

See also

• Welfare department

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