social assistance

English Thesaurus

1. benefits paid to bring incomes up to minimum levels established by law (noun.act)

hypernym	:	social insurance,
definition	:	government provision for unemployed, injured, or aged people; financed by contributions from employers and employees as well as by government revenue (noun.act)

domain region	:	britain, great britain, u.k., uk, united kingdom, united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland,
definition	:	a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom (noun.location)