单词 | social security |
释义 | social securityn. 1. A state-run system providing financial support for people who are unemployed, sick, retired, or otherwise in need.Recorded earliest in social security apparatus. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > grants and allowances > [noun] > state allowance > system of national insurance1878 social assistance1907 social security1908 NI1966 social1966 1908 W. S. Churchill Let. 4 Jan. in R. S. Churchill Winston S. Churchill (1969) II. Compan. ii. 759 If we were able to underpin the whole existing social security apparatus with a foundation of comparatively low-grade state safeguards, we should in the result obtain something that would combine the greatest merits both of the English & the German systems. 1921 Lowell (Mass.) Sun 7 June 17/3 Endorsement of President Harding's attitude toward public welfare through the educational advancement of public health, administration, social security..and Americanization was expressed in a memorial submitted today. 1936 A. Epstein Insecurity (rev. ed.) p. vi The Act bars the realization of the relief promised by social insurance even though the law is presented under the glittering title of ‘Social Security’. 1942 Times (Weekly ed.) 2 Dec. 2/1 Social security as envisaged in this report is a plan to secure to each citizen an income adequate to satisfy a national minimum standard. 1959 G. Slatter Gun in my Hand 44 What in hell are ya doin in Christchurch anyway? Bludgin on the social security, I spose. 1969 N. W. Pirie Food Resources i. 31 The Ministry of Social Security..found that there are now a million children at or below the poverty line [in the United Kingdom]. 2006 U.S. News & World Rep. 1 May 16/1 The reality of a president whose controversial policies on Iraq, immigration, Social Security, and other issues have taken his job approval ratings to new lows. 2. The money paid out under such a system. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > grants and allowances > [noun] > state allowance benefit1911 welfare benefit1913 welfare cheque1922 social security1943 pogey1954 entitlement programme1956 SS1963 social1966 welfare1970 social benefit1972 relief1995 society > society and the community > social attitudes > philanthropy > [noun] > social service provided by (local) government > benefit provided by state benefit1875 welfare benefit1913 sustenance1917 social security1943 entitlement1945 welfare1968 1943 Edwardsville (Illinois) Intelligencer 17 Apr. 4/2 Giving the people in service those benefits plus social security might by some be considered too much. 1959 in J. Reid Kiwi Laughs (1961) 217 ‘Use your brains,’ said Father Christmas testily. ‘When you get to my age you have to live on social security. There's not much over to buy racing cars for every kid that wants one.’ 1975 J. Symons Three Pipe Probl. xv. 140 And you draw social security? 2007 J. Ferris And then we came to End ii. iii. 298 This was a postretirement gig for Roland so he could supplement his Social Security. Compounds General attributive, as social security benefit, social security legislation, social security number, etc. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > grants and allowances > [adjective] > types of state allowance supplementary1864 National Assistance1948 social securitya1974 1859 Waukesha (Wisconsin) Freeman 29 Mar. Social security office.] 1908Social security apparatus [see sense 1]. 1935 N.Y. Times 15 Aug. 1/4 The Social Security Bill, providing a broad program of unemployment insurance and old-age pensions..became law today. 1941 J. S. Huxley Uniqueness of Man p. ix Subsidized housing, free milk, social security legislation, health insurance, free education..—these are all symptoms of the change. 1962 Listener 26 July 130/1 Poor people in Mexico City who can attend a social~security clinic. a1974 R. Crossman Diaries (1976) II. 587 As chairman of the Pensions Committee I just had to get down to thinking what to do about social security payments after devaluation. 1976 ‘W. Trevor’ Children of Dynmouth iii. 80 She was tired of listening to Mrs Slewy complaining about the social security man. 1986 Virginia Law Rev. 72 247 An individual's claim to a social security benefit. 2005 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) June 203/2 A day pass, which..required only the name of the news organization, a picture ID, and a Social Security number. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1908 |
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