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social-security number

social-security number is the alternative form of social security number.

Meaning of social security number

Noun

social security number (plural social security numbers)

  1. (US) A nine-digit number issued by the Social Security Administration to citizens, permanent residents, and certain temporary workers, primarily to track people for taxation purposes, and in recent years serving as a de facto national identification number.
  2. A corresponding number in other countries.

Forms of social-security number

pluralsocial-security numbers

Questions about social-security number

What is social-security number the alternative form of?
Social-security number is the alternative form of social security number.

Words near social-security number in the dictionary

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