an important report produced by the British economistWilliam Beveridge in 1942. It introduced the idea of the Welfare State (=the idea that the government should provide free health care, and money for old people and for people who cannot get a job).
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Advanced Learner's Dictionary.
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