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Definition of Social security
1. Noun. Social welfare program in the U.S.; includes old-age and survivors insurance and some unemployment insurance and old-age assistance.
Definition of Social security
1. Noun. A system whereby the state either through general or specific taxation provides various benefits to help ensure the wellbeing of its citizens. ¹
2. Noun. Those benefits paid under such a system. ¹
3. Noun. (American English) A specific such social benefit providing income in retirement or disability. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Social security
1. Government sponsored social insurance programs. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Social Security
Literary usage of Social security
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Federal Benefits for Veterans and Dependents (1993)
"social security Monthly retirement, disability, and survivor benefits under Social
Security are payable to a veteran and dependents if the veteran has ..."
2. Maintaining Budgetary Discipline: Spending and Revenue Options edited by Sherry Snyder (1999)
"Under current law, most benefits from social security and Railroad Retirement
are not subject to tax. Only if the sum of adjusted gross income (AGI), ..."
3. Sweden by Patrick Anderson (2003)
"The social security system 20-64 The Swedish social insurance system provides
... On top of most social security benefits, there are supplementary benefits ..."
4. The Wayward Welfare State by Roger A. Freeman (1981)
"Many do so for good reasons, as the table below illustrates: EXAMPLES OF MONTHLY
CASH BENEFIT AWARDS UNDER THE social security ACT Benefits effective June ..."
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