Welcome

1. n. Kind reception of a guest or newcomer; as, we entered the house and found a ready welcome.
2. n. Received with gladness; admitted willingly to the house, entertainment, or company; as, a welcome visitor.
3. n. Producing gladness; grateful; as, a welcome present; welcome news.
4. n. Free to have or enjoy gratuitously; as, you are welcome to the use of my library.
5. n. Salutation to a newcomer.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.