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RELATED WORDS : assistance bureau of justice assistance certified public accountant doctor of public health general public in public in the public eye initial public offering logistic assistance master in public affairs national assistance notary public public public address system public charity public convenience public debate public debt public defender public discussion public domain public easement public enemy public executioner public exposure public eye public figure public holiday public house public housing public image public knowledge public lavatory public law public lecture public library public mover public nudity public nuisance public office public opinion public opinion poll public presentation public press public property public prosecutor public relations public relations man public relations person public school public security public servant public service public speaker public speaking public square public toilet public transit public transport public treasury public trough public trust public utility public utility company public violence public works right to speedy and public trial by jury social assistance united states public health service

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Noun public assistance has 1 sense

• public assistance(n = noun.act) social welfare, welfare - governmental provision of economic assistance to persons in need; "she lives on welfare"
has particulars: social insurance, relief, dole, pogey, pogy
is a kind of aid, economic aid, financial aid

THESAURUS

public assistance

ADC, Medicaid, Medicare, aid, alimony, allotment, allowance, annuity, assistance, bounty, cradle-to-grave security, depletion allowance, dole, fellowship, financial assistance, grant, grant-in-aid, guaranteed annual income, guaranteed income, health insurance, help, old-age assistance, old-age insurance, pecuniary aid, pension, price support, public welfare, relief, retirement benefits, scholarship, sickness insurance, social insurance, social security, social welfare, socialized medicine, state medicine, stipend, subsidization, subsidy, subvention, support, tax benefit, unemployment compensation, unemployment insurance, welfare, welfare aid, welfare capitalism, welfare payments, welfare state, welfare statism, welfarism, womb-to-tomb security

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