portability
Americannoun
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the state or quality of being portable.
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a plan or system under which employees may accumulate pension rights under any employer who is a participant in the plan negotiated with their union.
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of portability
First recorded in 1965–70; port(able) + -ability
Example Sentences
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While protections under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act limit how patient data is shared, those safeguards are not absolute when legal action is involved.
From Salon • May 2, 2026
Some commenters assure others — wrongly — that a medical bill reported to a collections agency is a violation of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, a law to protect sensitive patient information.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 23, 2026
About 2,400 years later, the notion that a patient’s medical information should remain private was codified into federal law as part of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, better known as HIPAA.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 24, 2024
The Portability Services Network automatically matches Social Security numbers on workplace accounts, obtains the worker’s consent to move the money and automatically deposits money from the old account into the new employer’s plan.
From New York Times • Dec. 23, 2023
Portability is telling of pragmatic requirements so different that nothing before the digital record could be as pervasive and globally present.
From The Civilization of Illiteracy by Nadin, Mihai
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