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social insurance Definition

social insurance

noun

any insurance program undertaken by a government to provide income or payments to persons who are unemployed, disabled, elderly, etc.

social insurance Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • extend: We promised that a Labor Government would extend social insurance over the widest field.

Preposition: over

  • field: We promised that a Labor Government would extend social insurance over the widest field.