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    PUBLIC ASSISTANCE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Governmental provision of economic assistance to persons in needplay

    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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