Social Security number
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2.6
- noun
- /ˈsoʊʃəl sɪˈkjʊrɪti ˈnʌmbər/
- US
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número de Seguro Social (EE. UU.)
- It's too easy for thieves to steal Social Security numbers and compromise your identity.
- name and Social Security number
- need a Social Security number
He was doing a oh, he went to apply for college and his Social Security number was coming up invalid.
- He was doing a oh, he went to apply for college and his Social Security number was coming up invalid.
- The reason I say it like that is I don't always need someone's Social Security number in order to take over an account.
- And if you had neither of those, you wrote in the last four digits of your Social Security number.
- Well then we went and we pulled, applied for a couple credit cards using a child Social Security number.
- Write please write your Social Security number on the top of the of the questionnaire just for just your Social Security number.
- And it, it required my nephew putting in the birthday and Social Security number of both parents and of course himself.
- They had the last four of my Social Security number, they had my cell phone number, and they were able to change my SIM card.
- You guys put your Social Security numbers, credit cards, addresses, everything just so that your phone won't ask you for the password again.
- I am not my identity to my driver's license and my my Social Security number and my passport.
Examples
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Miraculously, her Social Security number was accepted by the system, and she was able to keep her job.
Academic text (2016) -
Applicants are not required to have a U.S. Social Security number in order to obtain a marriage license.
Blog text (10) -
I wanna see your Social Security number.
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Ask her for her Social Security number or something.
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You forgot to give me your Social Security number.
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Please enter your Social Security number now.
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Do you have a Social Security number?
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"We need your Social Security number.
Fiction book (1994) -
To purchase a home, you must provide a valid Social Security number or a green card.
Blog text (17) -
BTW, it is the law that newborns in this country obtain Social Security numbers.
Blog text (12)
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase literally combines 'Social Security' (an institutional/program name) + 'number', so a learner can infer it is a number associated with a social-security program. However, understanding that 'Social Security' refers to a specific government identification/program (and that 'security' here is an institutional, not literal, sense) requires world knowledge beyond the literal word meanings, so it is not fully transparent to all B1 learners.
Etymology
Social Security number: The name Social Security number comes from when the U.S. government gave each worker a unique number to record their Social Security payments and work history. Think of it as a personal code that lets officials find your files, so today it means your 'official ID number'.