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Definition of "workfare" []

  • A form of welfare in which capable adults are required to perform work, often in public-service jobs, as a condition of receiving aid. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "workfare" in a sentence
  • "DeLessio once called the workfare component "a stupid program.""
  • "In 1986, Mead's big idea was to push welfare recipients into jobs – an approach that came to be known as "workfare"."
  • "In fact, these sort of "workfare" programmes already existed under the previous government, which is one reason you haven't heard Labour condemn them."