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social service

 
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–noun
organized welfare efforts carried on under professional auspices by trained personnel.
Origin:
1850–55

Related forms:
social-service, adjective
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social service  
n.  

  1. Organized efforts to advance human welfare; social work.

  2. Services, such as free school lunches, provided by a government for its disadvantaged citizens. Often used in the plural.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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