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PUBLIC ASSISTANCE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Governmental provision of economic assistance to persons in need
Example:
she lives on welfare
Synonyms:
public assistance; social welfare; welfare
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("public assistance" is a kind of...):
aid; assistance; economic aid; economic assistance; financial aid; financial assistance (gift of money or other material help to support a person or cause)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "public assistance"):
social insurance (government provision for unemployed, injured, or aged people; financed by contributions from employers and employees as well as by government revenue)
relief (aid for the aged or indigent or handicapped)
dole; pogey; pogy (money received from the state)
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