social security

social security
noun
1 (BrE) money paid by the government to people who are poor, unemployed, etc. ⇨ See also ↑welfare
… OF SOCIAL SECURITY
▪ system
VERB + SOCIAL SECURITY
▪ be entitled to, claim, receive
▪

If you are unemployed you can claim social security.

SOCIAL-SECURITY + NOUN
▪ provision, scheme, system
▪

plans to improve social-security provision for single parents

▪

the long term costs of the social-security system

▪ benefit, payments
▪ contributions
▪

All people in work pay social-security contributions.

▪ claimant
▪ minister, office
▪ budget, funds, spending
PREPOSITION
▪ on social security
▪

He's out of work and on social security.

2 Social Security (AmE) system of assistance for people who cannot work
VERB + SOCIAL SECURITY
▪ apply for, be eligible for
▪ get
▪

Teachers can get Social Security if they work in private industry.

▪ depend on
▪

My wife and I are retired and depend on Social Security.

▪ pay into
▪

He has paid into Social Security throughout his 35-year career.

▪ privatize, reform
▪

the plan to privatize Social Security

SOCIAL SECURITY + NOUN
▪ number
▪

a list of workers' Social Security numbers

▪ card
▪

You need ID such as a birth certificate or Social Security card.

▪ benefits
▪ contributions, payments, tax
▪

The current Social Security tax of 6.2% on workers.

▪ program, system
▪ privatization, reform

Collocations dictionary. 2013.

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