welfare checks

collocation in English

meaningsofwelfareandcheck

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welfare
noun[U]
uk
/ˈwel.feər/us
/ˈwel.fer/
help given, especially by the state or an organization, to people who need it, especially because they do not have ...
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check
noun
uk
/tʃek/us
/tʃek/
an examination of something in order to make certain that it is correct or the way it ...
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(Definition ofwelfareandcheckfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofwelfare checks

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However, we believe that thewelfarechecklist and the need for the courts to consider those decisions provide the necessary safeguards.
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When he was finally pronounced fit for work, city authorities withdrew his welfare checks.
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He remarried and lived with his wife and two children on awelfarecheckof $125 a month.
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The directive also provides for professional and daily health and welfare checks, which, particularly in this day and age, are an important preventive measure against animal diseases.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
Imports of wild birds are subject to further independent health and welfare checks on entry into quarantine.
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She was convicted of illegally obtaining 23 welfare checks using two aliases.
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It cites welfare checks as promoting present-mindedness, unwillingness to work, and irresponsibility.
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The title is a reference to when welfare checks are paid out.
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For instance, rational officials will get no benefit from paying out larger welfare checks to millions of low-income citizens because this does not serve a bureaucrats' goals.
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The more wives and children one has, the more welfare checks and food stamps one can receive.
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