English Dictionary

public assistance

名詞

不可算名詞

(law, public policy) Payment made to disadvantaged persons by government in order to alleviate the burdens of poverty, unemployment, disability, old age, etc. / government subsidy

日本語の意味

公的扶助：貧困、失業、障害、老齢などの経済的および社会的な困難を抱える人々に対し、政府が支給する補助金や援助金。 / 政府による社会福祉政策の一環としての補助制度。

After losing his job, he applied for public assistance to cover rent and medical bills.

職を失った後、彼は家賃と医療費をまかなうために公的扶助を申請した。

意味（1）

(law, public policy) Payment made to disadvantaged persons by government in order to alleviate the burdens of poverty, unemployment, disability, old age, etc.

Suddenly thrown on the world, with a wife and four children, with but the wages of a week for his and their support, they had travelled thus far on the way to a neighboring parish, where he said he had a right to, and must seek, public assistance.

意味（2）

government subsidy

The Tobacco Fund is financed by a deduction from the premiums granted to tobacco producers and it is therefore justified to propose that all public assistance for measures financed under the Fund be provided from the Community own resources in the Fund. http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2002:331:0016:0022:EN:PDF