Welfare
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Welfare has four primary meanings:
- Welfare, the good fortune, health, happiness, prosperity, etc., of a person, group, or organization; well-being quality of life
- Animal welfare, the quality of life of animals, and concerns thereabout
- Welfare (financial aid), financial assistance paid by the government
- Welfare economics, in economics, associated with material benefit or preferred outcomes; see also social welfare function
- Social welfare, in social policy, refers to income redistribution to provide a range of services intended to meet people's needs
Welfare may also refer to:
- Welfare (film), a film directed by Frederick Wiseman