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Definition social security in American English

social security noun

[uncountable] noun
1

a U.S. government program that workers must pay money into, that gives money to people who are old or cannot work

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2

money that you receive from social security

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3

the system by which the government regularly pays money to people who do not have a job, or who are too ill or old to work

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Definition social security in American English