social security

1. 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.

2. The economic assistance provided by social security.

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social security

1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) public provision for the economic, and sometimes social, welfare of the aged, unemployed, etc, esp through pensions and other monetary assistance

2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) (often capitals) a government programme designed to provide such assistance

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so′cial secu′rity

1. (often caps.) a program of old age, unemployment, health, disability, and survivors' insurance maintained by the U.S. government through employer and employee payments.

2. any public program providing for economic security and social welfare.

[1930–35]

social security

A government program that provides money to the needy, such as the unemployed; the money that is provided.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

Social Security - social welfare program in the U.S.; includes old-age and survivors insurance and some unemployment insurance and old-age assistance

social insurance - government provision for unemployed, injured, or aged people; financed by contributions from employers and employees as well as by government revenue

old-age insurance - insurance paid to the elderly

survivors insurance - insurance paid to surviving spouses

Translations

ضَمَانٌ اجْتِمَاعِيّ

sociální zabezpečení

socialhjælp

Sozialhilfe

κοινωνική ασφάλιση

seguridad social

sosiaaliturvasosiaaliturvajärjestelmäsosiaalietu

sécurité sociale

socijalno osiguranje

previdenza sociale assistenza sociale previdenza

社会保障

사회 보장

uitkering

trygdesystem

ubezpieczenie społeczne

previdência social segurança social

социальное страхование

social trygghet

การประกันสังคม

sosyal güvenlik

an sinh xã hội

社会保障

social security

n → previdenza sociale
to be on social security (fam) → ricevere sussidi dalla previdenza sociale
Department of Social Security (Brit) → Istituto di Previdenza Sociale

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

social security

→ ضَمَانٌ اجْتِمَاعِيّ sociální zabezpečení socialhjælp Sozialhilfe κοινωνική ασφάλιση seguridad social sosiaaliturva sécurité sociale socijalno osiguranje previdenza sociale 社会保障 사회 보장 uitkering trygdesystem ubezpieczenie społeczne previdência social, segurança social социальное страхование social trygghet การประกันสังคม sosyal güvenlik an sinh xã hội 社会保障

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There was wide social security. A common man might travel safely over three-quarters of the habitable globe, could go round the earth at a cost of less than the annual earnings of a skilled artisan.

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