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1Social Security Administration — Official seal Agency overview Formed August 14, 1935 Jurisdiction …
2Social Security tax — ➔ tax1 * * * social security tax UK US noun [C or U] US GOVERNMENT, FINANCE, TAX ► money collected from employers and employees by the government to pay people when they retire or because they are ill, unemployed, etc.: »The current rate of… …
3Social Security (United States) — This article is about the retirement/disability program. For the general concept of providing welfare, see Social security. For other uses, see Social Security (disambiguation) …
4Social Security debate (United States) — This article concerns proposals to change the Social Security system in the United States. Social Security is a social insurance program officially called Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI), in reference to its three components …
5Social Security Trust Fund — The Social Security Trust Fund is the means by which the federal government of the United States accounts for excess paid in contributions from workers and employers to the Social Security system that are not required to fund current benefit… …
6social security benefits — Monthly government payments to retired workers or their families who have paid social security taxes for a total of 40 quarters or 10 years. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary …
7Social security — primarily refers to a social insurance program providing social protection, or protection against socially recognized conditions, including poverty, old age, disability, unemployment and others. Social security may refer to: * social insurance,… …
8Social Security — n 1: the principle or practice or a program of public provision (as through social insurance or assistance) for the economic security and social welfare of the individual and his or her family; esp often cap both Ss: a U.S. government program… …
9Social Security tax — A portion of the FICA (Federal Insurance Contributions Act) tax that is 12.4% of an individual s net earned income. The employee s share of the Medicare tax is 6.2% of wages up to a certain limit (called the Social Security Wage Base) that… …
10social security — 1. (usually caps.) 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. 2. the theory or practice of… …
