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work⋅fare

[wuhrk-fair]
–noun
a governmental plan under which welfare recipients are required to accept public-service jobs or to participate in job training.

Origin:
1965–70; work + (wel)fare
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work·fare   (wûrk'fâr')   
n.  A form of welfare in which capable adults are required to perform work, often in public-service jobs, as a condition of receiving aid.

[work + (wel)fare.]
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