1 British EnglishPEW government money that is paid to people who are unemployed, old, ill etc [= welfare American English]
social security benefits
social security benefits be/live on social security (=be receiving money from the government)
2 a US government programme into which workers must make regular payments, and which pays money regularly to old people and people who are unable to work
Social Security
PEW [↪ National Insurance]

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