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wel·fare     (wěl'fâr')  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
    1. Health, happiness, and good fortune; well-being.
    2. Prosperity.
    3. Financial or other aid provided, especially by the government, to people in need.
    4. Corporate welfare.
  1. Welfare work.
    1. Financial or other aid provided, especially by the government, to people in need.
    2. Corporate welfare.

[Middle English, from wel faren, to fare well, from Old English wel faran : wel, well; see well2 + faran, to get along; see fare.]
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