Main entry: welfare, public assistance, social welfare
Definition: governmental provision of economic assistance to persons in need
Usage: she lives on welfare
Definition: something that aids or promotes well-being
Usage: for the benefit of all
Main entry: upbeat, welfare, well-being, wellbeing, eudaemonia, eudaimonia
Definition: a contented state of being happy and healthy and prosperous
Usage: the town was finally on the upbeat after our recent troubles