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☆ social security

  1. any system by which a group provides for those of its members who may be in need
  2. 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

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finance Social Security definition - finance

law Social Security definition - legal

social security Synonyms

social security

n.

social insurance, old age insurance, disability insurance, unemployment insurance, the dole, social security payments, social security system, retirement; see also welfare 2.


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social security Usage Examples

Preposition: for

  • worker: She has also been at the forefront of pushing for equal entitlement to social security for non-EU workers.
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