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social insurance

noun

Definition of SOCIAL INSURANCE

:  protection of the individual against economic hazards (as unemployment, old age, or disability) in which the government participates or enforces the participation of employers and affected individuals
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First Known Use of SOCIAL INSURANCE

1909

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