social security

English

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.

Derived terms

• social security number

Translations

system

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 社會保障／社会保障 (zh) (shèhuì bǎozhàng)

• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: sociale zekerheid f
• Finnish: sosiaaliturva (fi), sosiaaliturvajärjestelmä (fi)
• French: sécurité sociale (fr) f
• Georgian: სოციალური უსაფრთხოება (socialuri usaprtxoeba)
• German: soziale Sicherheit f, Sozialversicherung (de)
• Indonesian: jaminan sosial
• Irish: slándáil shóisialach f, slándáil shóisialta f
• Japanese: 社会保障 (ja) (しゃかいほしょう, shakai hoshō)
• Korean: 사회보장(社會保障) (ko) (sahoebojang)
• Polish: opieka społeczna (pl) f, pomoc społeczna (pl) f
• Portuguese: seguridade social f (Brazil), segurança social f (Portugal)
• Russian: социа́льное обеспече́ние (ru) n (sociálʹnoje obespečénije)
• Spanish: seguridad social f
• Vietnamese: an sinh xã hội

benefits

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 福利金 (zh) (fúlìjīn)

• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: uitkering (nl) f
• Finnish: sosiaaliturva (fi), sosiaalietu
• French: sécurité sociale (fr) f
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: socjal (pl) m, zasiłek socjalny m
• Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: социа́льное обеспече́ние (ru) n (sociálʹnoje obespečénije), посо́бие (ru) n (posóbije), социа́льная по́мощь f (sociálʹnaja pómoščʹ)

Further reading

• social security on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “social security”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.