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social safety nets

social safety nets is the plural of social safety net.

Meaning of social safety net

Noun

social safety net (plural social safety nets)

  1. (social policy) A set of governmental programs, entitlements, or benefits providing citizens and residents with a minimum level of financial protection, food, access to public infrastructure, or medical services.
    • CBS News used emotion-charged tales to make the case that some of the nation's truly needy are falling through the social safety net.1982 May 3, “The White House vs. CBS”, in Time

Questions about social safety nets

What is social safety nets the plural of?
Social safety nets is the plural of social safety net.

Words near social safety nets in the dictionary

  1. social responsibilities
  2. social responsibility
  3. social roll
  4. social rolls
  5. social safety net
  6. social safety nets
  7. social science
  8. social sciences
  9. social scientist
  10. social scientists
  11. social season

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