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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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US
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Broader terms: number, identifier
noun
A corresponding number in other countries.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Broader terms: number, identifier
noun
Alternative letter-case form of social security number.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of
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noun
the number of a particular individual's Social Security account
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: number, identification number
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Across languages
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