social security number

social security number
n
(in the US) an identity number that everyone must have. It was originally a qualification for work and social security, but in 1987 the US government decided that children should also be given numbers. The number is now also used in other ways, e.g. on bank cheques and driving licences and as a student’s number at college or university.

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