Dictionary

social security number en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (US) A nine-digit number issued by the Social Security Administration to citizens, permanent residents, and certain temporary workers, primarily to track people for taxation purposes, and in recent years serving as a de facto national identification number.
2. A corresponding number in other countries.

Forms

Coordinates

social insurance number · national insurance number · SIN · NI number

Hypernyms

number · identifier · identifier · number

Relateds

social · SSN · SSA · social safety net

Translations (13)

bg номер на социална осигуровка (nine-digit number issued in the US under the Social Security Act) · ru но́мер социа́льного обеспече́ния (corresponding number in other countries) · fi sosiaaliturvatunnus (corresponding number in other countries) · hu tajszám (corresponding number in other countries) · fr numéro de sécurité sociale (corresponding number in other countries) · de Sozialversicherungsnummer (corresponding number in other countries) · pl numer ubezpieczenia społecznego (nine-digit number issued in the US under the Social Security Act) · ja 社会保障番号 (corresponding number in other countries) · cmn 社會安全號碼 /社会安全号码 (corresponding number in other countries) · fi henkilötunnus (corresponding number in other countries) · pl numer ubezpieczenia społecznego (corresponding number in other countries) · ka სოციალური უსაფრთხოების ნომერი (nine-digit number issued in the US under the Social Security Act) · nv naaltsoos dootłʼizhí (nine-digit number issued in the US under the Social Security Act)

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