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national insurance
noun
social insurance program in Britain; based on contributions from employers and employees; provides payments to unemployed and sick and retired people as well as medical services
Hypernyms: ↑social insurance

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national insurance noun
A system of compulsory insurance paid for by weekly contributions by employee and employer, and yielding benefits to the sick, retired, unemployed, etc
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Main Entry:nation

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National Insurance UK US noun [uncountable]
a system that all employers and workers in the UK pay into, providing money for people who do not have a job or who are old or ill
Thesaurus: insuring and insurancehyponym types of tax and taxationhyponym

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noun [noncount]
: a British insurance system that workers and their employers contribute to regularly and which gives money to people who are retired, ill, or unemployed

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ˌNational Inˈsurance [National Insurance] noun uncountable (abbr. NI)
(in Britain) a system of payments that have to be made by employers and employees to provide help for people who are sick, old or unemployed

to pay National Insurance (contributions)

 
Culture:
The money from National Insurance contributions is used by the government for payments to unemployed people and others in need, and also to help pay for the ↑National Health Service. National Insurance is therefore an important part of the ↑welfare state. Every adult has a National Insurance number and this number is used by the ↑Department for Work and Pensions to identify people.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.