social securitynoun [ U ]
uk/ˌsəʊ.ʃəl sɪˈkjʊə.rɪ.ti/us/ˌsoʊ.ʃəl sɪˈkjʊr.ə.t̬i/UK a system of payments made by the government to people who are ill, poor, or who have no job:
He's on social security.
Social Security US
a system of payments made by the government to old people, people whose husbands or wives have died, and people who are unable to work because they are ill
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Social security & state benefits
- AFDC
- be on relief idiom
- benefit
- child benefit
- claim
- claimant
- EBT
- family allowance
- family credit
- giro
- housing benefit
- income support
- relief
- sickness benefit
- sign
- sign off
- social welfare
- unemployment benefit
- welfare
- welfare state
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