| NOUN | act | social insurance | government provision for unemployed, injured, or aged people |
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| Meaning | government provision for unemployed, injured, or aged people; financed by contributions from employers and employees as well as by government revenue. | |
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| Narrower | Social Security | social welfare program in the U.S. |
| disability insurance | social insurance for the disabled | |
| health care | social insurance for the ill and injured | |
| national insurance | social insurance program in Britain | |
| supplementary benefit, social assistance, national assistance | benefits paid to bring incomes up to minimum levels established by law | |
| unemployment compensation | Payment by a United States agency to unemployed people | |
| Broader | social welfare, welfare, public assistance | governmental provision of economic assistance to persons in need |
| Spanish | seguridad social, seguro social | |
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