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Sozialhilfe

Substantiv

partial

social security

noun

Comparative law notes

Germany

Nevertheless, given the reduced scale and effect of these programs in the UK and above all in the US compared to those in Germany and other social democracies, this term is not a particularly close functionally equivalent translation of "Sozialhilfe" and should be used only sparingly.

Definitions of social security

English

(UK) a system of government payments to people who are old, ill, poor or unemployed etc

Only 9% of social security benefits go to Britain's unemployed.