social service

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noun

organized welfare efforts carried on under professional auspices by trained personnel.

Origin:
1850–55

Related forms

so·cial-serv·ice, adjective

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WordNet

social service
noun
an organized activity to improve the condition of disadvantaged people in society [syn: welfare work]

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