English-French translations for social security number

• numéro de sécurité sociale
  L'homme n'est ni un numéro de sécurité sociale, ni un pion sur l'échiquier social et économique, manipulable à souhait et jetable après usage. Man is neither a social security number nor a pawn on a social and economic chessboard to be manipulated at will and discarded when no longer of use.

Definition of social security number

• A nine-digit number issued to citizens, permanent residents, and temporary residents under section 205 of the , codified as 42 U.S.C. § 405. The number is issued to an individual by the . Its primary purpose is to track individuals for taxation purposes. Abbreviated as SSN. In recent years the SSN has become a de facto national identification number

Related words

• social security
• social insect
• social security system
• social security law