social security
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- any system by which a group provides for those of its members who may be in need
- in the U.S., a federal system of old-age, unemployment, or disability insurance for various categories of employed and dependent persons, financed by a fund maintained jointly by employees, employers, and the government
See social security in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun- often Social Security Abbr. SS A government program that provides economic assistance to persons faced with unemployment, disability, or agedness, financed by assessment of employers and employees.
- The economic assistance provided by social security.
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