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social security
[ soh-shuhl si-kyoor-i-tee ]
noun
- Usually Social Security. a program of old-age, unemployment, health, disability, and survivors insurance maintained by the U.S. federal government through compulsory payments by specific employer and employee groups. Compare OASDI ( def ).
- the theory or practice of providing economic security and social welfare for the individual through government programs maintained by funds from public taxation.
social security
noun
- public provision for the economic, and sometimes social, welfare of the aged, unemployed, etc, esp through pensions and other monetary assistance
- often capitals a government programme designed to provide such assistance
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of social security1
First recorded in 1930–35
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Another teacher explained to me that I can be paid 50% of my husband’s Social Security benefit instead.
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Social Security is mailing notices to people who will be affected, and most will see the benefit increases starting this month.
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Technically, you weren’t affected by either provision, since they applied to people receiving pensions that didn’t pay into Social Security, not their spouses.
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Your husband’s Social Security spousal benefit likely was reduced because of the government pension offset.
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The recent law change now permits me to also receive Social Security.
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