social security number

See also: social-security number

English

Alternative forms

• Social Security number, social-security number

Noun

social security number (plural social security numbers)

1. (US) A nine-digit number issued to citizens, permanent residents, and temporary (working) residents by the Social Security Administration under section 205(c)(2) of the Social Security Act, codified as 42 U.S.C. § 405(c)(2), introduced primarily to track people for taxation purposes, and in recent years serving as a de facto national identification number.

   Synonym: SSN

2. A corresponding number in other countries.

Related terms

• national insurance number, NI number (UK)

Translations

nine-digit number issued in the US under the Social Security Act

• Georgian: სოციალური უსაფრთხოების ნომერი (socialuri usaprtxoebis nomeri)
• Navajo: naaltsoos dootłʼizhí

corresponding number in other countries

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 社會安全號碼／社会安全号码 (shèhuì ānquán hàomǎ)

• Finnish: sosiaaliturvatunnus (fi), henkilötunnus (fi)
• French: numéro de sécurité sociale m
• German: Sozialversicherungsnummer f
• Hungarian: tajszám
• Japanese: 社会保障番号 (しゃかいほしょうばんごう, shakai hoshō bangō)
• Russian: но́мер социа́льного обеспече́ния m (nómer sociálʹnovo obespečénija)