"social service" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: social services [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} social service (plural social services)
  1. A government-run program meant to benefit society as a whole, with a particular view to the less economically fortunate. Categories (topical): Society Translations (program): 社會服務 (Chinese Mandarin), 社会服务 (shèhuì fúwù) (Chinese Mandarin), sosiaalipalvelu (Finnish), socialtjänst [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-social_service-en-noun-4ThUdRlG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations

Inflected forms

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