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wel-BEE-ing/ˌwel ˈbiːɪŋ/

Well-being (British hyphen) is a person’s health, happiness, and comfort: staff well-being, a well-being policy. Welfare (already in the dictionary) is often state support or animal care; wellbeing as one word is a branding spelling, not a rota.

Meaning

A person’s health, happiness, and comfort (British: well-being).

Examples

• “Staff well-being is rest days on the rota, not a staircase poster.”
• “Welfare is already in this course (often the state or animals). Health is a part. A poster is comms. A rest day is a cell. Put the day on the grid; hang the poster after.”

Good to know

Health, happiness, and comfort. Contrast: welfare (already in the dictionary). A poster ≠ rest days.

Near in meaning

welfare

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