welfare cheque
noun [ C ] UK & Australian English & Canadian English (US welfare check) uk/ˈwel.feə ˌtʃek/ us/ˈwel.fer ˌtʃek/
社会福利支票（政府或组织向需要经济援助的人支付的款项）
a payment made by the government or an organization to a person who needs help because they do not have enough money
In Toronto, the average rent for a bachelor apartment is $962 while a welfare cheque is a mere $721 in total. 在多伦多，单身公寓的平均租金是962美元，而社会福利支票总共只有721美元。
Once she gets her first welfare cheque, she says, she plans to find an apartment. 她说，她打算一拿到第一张社会福利支票就去找一套公寓。
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- The example he gave was the Founding Fathers of the Republic. Nobody handed them welfare cheques.
- Three times a month - when the welfare cheques arrive - they stock up on groceries.
- The state is moving to replace the paper welfare cheque with a debit card.
- Give these people a place to live, job training, make them feel useful instead of just giving them a welfare cheque.