welfare state

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Noun

welfare state (plural welfare states)

1. A social system in which the state takes overall responsibility for the welfare of its citizens, providing health care, education, unemployment compensation and social security.
2. A country in which such a system operates.

Translations

• French: État-providence
• German: Wohlfahrtsstaat
• Portuguese: estado de bem-estar, estado de bem-estar social, estado assistencial
• Russian: госуд́арство всео́бщего благосостоя́ния
• Spanish: estado de bienestar

Translations

• French: État-providence
• German: Wohlfahrtsstaat
• Portuguese: estado de bem-estar, estado de bem-estar social, estado assistencial
• Russian: госуд́арство всео́бщего благосостоя́ния

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