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welfare work

DEFINITIONS OF: welfare work

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n an organized activity to improve the condition of disadvantaged people in society

Synonyms:
social service
Types:
social work
any of various services designed to aid the poor and aged and to increase the welfare of children
casework
close sociological study of a maladjusted person or family for diagnosis and treatment
Type of:
work
activity directed toward making or doing something
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