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social security
[ soh-shuhl si-kyoor-i-tee ]
noun
- Usually Social Security. a program of old-age, unemployment, health, disability, and survivors insurance maintained by the U.S. federal government through compulsory payments by specific employer and employee groups. Compare OASDI ( def ).
- the theory or practice of providing economic security and social welfare for the individual through government programs maintained by funds from public taxation.
social security
noun
- public provision for the economic, and sometimes social, welfare of the aged, unemployed, etc, esp through pensions and other monetary assistance
- often capitals a government programme designed to provide such assistance
Word History and Origins
Origin of social security1
Example Sentences
Because the pages weren’t adding value to the site, mainly due to points three and four listed above, we made the decision to delete them all and redirect them to the main pages on the site that were about social security disability.
Prior to working with us, the law firm had another company set up dozens of boilerplate service area pages targeting social security disability terms.
Within weeks of doing this, my colleague Carrie Hill saw big increases in their local pack rankings for “social security disability attorney.”
Daniel Hanks, 74, a veteran private investigator also known as “Danno,” told The Washington Post in a phone interview that he improperly accessed details about Meghan, including her social security number, as well as details on people in her life.
One woman at the Rendezvous talks about spending her entire life working and raising her children, only to discover when she reached her 60s that her social security benefit was a whopping $550 a month.
The TVA, a federally owned and chartered electric power provider, is a New Deal legacy just like Social Security.
Even Democrats and Republicans can agree that Nazis are bad and Social Security is good.
Nearly a year later, a visit to the local Social Security office enlightened us.
Illegal immigrants have already paid about $1 trillion into social security.
When George Bush talked about privatizing Social Security, that was a short conversation.
There must be social security, or the industry and competence would not be put to so hazardous a use.
A small hospital pension and Social Security have eliminated all financial worries at least for the present.
We increase spending next year for Social Security and Medicare and other entitlement programs by $81 billion.
Everyone in this Chamber knows that Social Security is not prepared to fully fund their retirement.
A growing economy and a focus on essential priorities will also be crucial to the future of Social Security.
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