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social security

social security noun: a system whereby the state either through general or specific taxation provides various benefits to help ensure the wellbeing of its citizens.

Noun

social security (uncountable)

  1. A system whereby the state either through general or specific taxation provides various benefits to help ensure the wellbeing of its citizens.
  2. Those benefits paid under such a system.
  3. (US) A specific such social benefit providing income in retirement or disability.
    • Near-synonym: social insurance (not always different)

social security meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Indonesian and Vietnamese

social security in Tamil

சமூகப் பிணையம், காப்பு, சமூகப்பாதுகாப்பு, சமூக நலப்பாதுகாப்பு

social security in Bengali

সামাজিক নিরাপত্তা

social security in Indonesian

system
jaminan sosial

social security in Vietnamese

system
an sinh xã hội

Synonyms of social security

Words formed from social security

Questions about social security

What does social security mean?
Social security means a system whereby the state either through general or specific taxation provides various benefits to help ensure the wellbeing of its citizens.
What is social security in Tamil?
Social security in Tamil is சமூகப் பிணையம், காப்பு, சமூகப்பாதுகாப்பு. See Social security meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is social security?
Social security is a noun.

Words near social security in the dictionary

  1. social scientists
  2. social season
  3. social seasons
  4. social secretaries
  5. social secretary
  6. social security
  7. social security number
  8. social security numbers
  9. social services
  10. social sharing
  11. social skills

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: social security (page history and authors); social security (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Social Security (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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