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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
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of social security1
Example Sentences
"President Trump's position is clear: he will always protect Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid for eligible beneficiaries. Meanwhile, the Democrats' stance is giving Social Security, Medicaid, and Medicare benefits to illegal aliens, which will bankrupt these programs and crush American seniors."
He called the Trump administration’s handling of the economy and “attack on Social Security nothing but outrageous.â€
Another teacher explained to me that I can be paid 50% of my husband’s Social Security benefit instead.
Social Security is mailing notices to people who will be affected, and most will see the benefit increases starting this month.
Technically, you weren’t affected by either provision, since they applied to people receiving pensions that didn’t pay into Social Security, not their spouses.
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