ALL meanings of social security
so·cial se·cu·ri·ty
S s - noun social security (usually initial capital letters) 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. 1
- noun social security the theory or practice of providing economic security and social welfare for the individual through government programs maintained by moneys from public taxation. 1
- noun social security welfare program 1
- uncountable noun social security Social security is a system under which a government pays money regularly to certain groups of people, for example the sick, the unemployed, or those with no other income. 0
- noun social security public provision for the economic, and sometimes social, welfare of the aged, unemployed, etc, esp through pensions and other monetary assistance 0
- noun social security a government programme designed to provide such assistance 0
- noun social security any system by which a group provides for those of its members who may be in need 0
- noun social security in the U.S., a federal system of old-age, unemployment, or disability insurance for various categories of employed and dependent persons, financed by a fund maintained jointly by employees, employers, and the government 0