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Definition of
Social Security noun
from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
Social Security
noun
noun
[
uncountable
]
(
abbreviation
SS
)
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a system in which people pay money regularly to the government when they are working and receive payments from the government when they are unable to work, especially when they are sick or too old to work
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