Speakur

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social security number

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.90 in modern English

Syllables
so-cial se-cu-ri-ty num-ber
IPA
31
Scrabble Score
20
Letters
6
Syllables
14
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

American usage

noun

A corresponding number in other countries.

noun

Alternative letter-case form of social security number.

Usage

Inflected Forms

social security numbers (plural) social-security number (alternative)

Phrases

social safety net

Frequently Paired Words

social safety net SSA SSN social SIN social insurance number NI number national insurance number

Questions

What does social security number mean?
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.

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