old age security
/ˌəʊld eɪdʒ sɪˈkjʊərɪti/ /ˌəʊld eɪdʒ sɪˈkjɔːrɪti/noun
Financial and material provision for old age; (Canadian and (formerly) US (especially California)) a system of government-funded pensions for those aged over 65 (in the U.S., awarded only on a means-tested basis); the benefit paid under this system.
Origin
1920s; earliest use found in untitled. From old age + security.
- put (or lay) one's head (or neck) on the block
- put (or lay) on jam
- put (or place) a premium on
- put (or place) someone on a pedestal
- put (or set) one's hand to the plough
- put (or set) one's house in order
- put (or set) pen to paper
- put (or set) someone right
- put (or set) something to rights
- put (or set) spurs to
- put (or set) the cat among the pigeons
- put (or set) the record straight
- put (or set) the seal on
- put (or stick) one's oar in
- put (or throw) someone off the scent
- put out
- put out to grass
- put (out) to sea
- put paid to
- put-put
- putrefacient
- putrefact
- putrefacted
- putrefaction
- putrefactious