"social security number" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: social security numbers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|head=social security number}} social security number (plural social security numbers)
  1. (US) A nine-digit number issued to citizens, permanent residents, and temporary (working) residents by the Social Security Administration under section 205(c)(2) of the Social Security Act, codified as 42 U.S.C. § 405(c)(2), introduced primarily to track people for taxation purposes, and in recent years serving as a de facto national identification number. Tags: US Synonyms: SSN, Social Security number, social-security number Related terms: national insurance number, NI number [UK] Translations (nine-digit number issued in the US under the Social Security Act): სოციალური უსაფრთხოების ნომერი (socialuri usaprtxoebis nomeri) (Georgian), naaltsoos dootłʼizhí (Navajo)
    Sense id: en-social_security_number-en-noun-siA2M69Y Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Navajo translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 74 26 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 69 31 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 73 27 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 72 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 77 23 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 72 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 79 21 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 72 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 73 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Navajo translations: 79 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 73 27 Disambiguation of 'nine-digit number issued in the US under the Social Security Act': 93 7
  2. A corresponding number in other countries. Translations (corresponding number in other countries): 社會安全號碼 (Chinese Mandarin), 社会安全号码 (shèhuì ānquán hàomǎ) (Chinese Mandarin), sosiaaliturvatunnus (Finnish), henkilötunnus (Finnish), numéro de sécurité sociale [masculine] (French), Sozialversicherungsnummer [feminine] (German), tajszám (Hungarian), 社会保障番号 (shakai hoshō bangō) (alt: しゃかいほしょうばんごう) (Japanese), но́мер социа́льного обеспече́ния (nómer sociálʹnovo obespečénija) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-social_security_number-en-noun-rqh-7Z-9 Disambiguation of 'corresponding number in other countries': 11 89

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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