Welfare is the provision of a safety net of minimal level of well-being and social support for all citizens.

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Welfare may also refer to:

Examples of usage of the term to denote the general well-being of an individual or group of individuals include:

• Well-being, what is intrinsically valuable for someone
• Prosperity, a state of flourishing
• Animal welfare, the quality of life of animals, and concerns thereabout

• Welfare or economic surplus, the sum of consumer and producer surplus, used by economists as a substitute for utility
• Welfare economics, the microeconomic study of allocative efficiency and associated income distribution

In the United States, the term "welfare" has developed negative connotations due to its association with dependency, as in the terms:

• Corporate welfare, term describing the bestowal of benefits upon corporations by government
• Welfare fraud, intentional misuse of welfare programs by providing false information
• Welfare queen, a pejorative term for a person accused of collecting excess welfare payments
• Welfare state, the concept of government's playing a key role in individual economic and social well-being
• Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, a federal assistance program of the United States commonly referred to simply as "Welfare"

• Welfare (1975), a film by Frederick Wiseman
• HMS Welfare, the name of two ships of the Royal Navy, and one planned ship

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