social insurance

social insurance

n.

An insurance program carried out or mandated by a government to provide economic assistance to the unemployed, the elderly, or the disabled.

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social insurance

n

(Social Welfare) government insurance providing coverage for the unemployed, the injured, the old, etc.: usually financed by contributions from employers and employees, as well as general government revenue See also social security, national insurance, social assistance

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

social insurance - government provision for unemployed, injured, or aged people; financed by contributions from employers and employees as well as by government revenue public assistance, social welfare, welfare - governmental provision of economic assistance to persons in need; "she lives on welfare" national insurance - social insurance program in Britain; based on contributions from employers and employees; provides payments to unemployed and sick and retired people as well as medical services national assistance, social assistance, supplementary benefit - benefits paid to bring incomes up to minimum levels established by law Social Security - social welfare program in the U.S.; includes old-age and survivors insurance and some unemployment insurance and old-age assistance unemployment compensation - payment by a United States agency to unemployed people disability insurance - social insurance for the disabled health care - social insurance for the ill and injured

Translations

social insurance n (Am) → assicurazione f sociale

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social insurance n (Am) → assicurazione f sociale