social insurance
Government-mandated provision for the unemployed, injured, disabled, or aged,…Government-mandated provision for the unemployed, injured, disabled, or aged, typically funded by a combination of government spending, individual contributions, and employer contributions.
» Distrust of the Social Insurance Agency and the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare just keeps getting stronger.
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2 senses(countable, uncountable)Government-mandated provision for the unemployed, injured, disabled, or aged, typically funded by a combination of government spending, individual contributions, and employer contributions.
Near-synonym: social security (not always different)
Sozialversicherung
government provision for unemployed, injured, or aged people; financed by contributions from employers and employees as well as by government revenue
(countable, uncountable)Any insurance run by a government to cover all citizens, including the aforementioned types as well as health insurance of social type (socialized medicine).
Examples
1 sentencesDistrust of the Social Insurance Agency and the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare just keeps getting stronger.
Translations
2 languagesBy meaning 1
Forms
plural: social insurances| Singular | social insurance |
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Synonyms
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1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable