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Definition of Safety net

1. Noun. A guarantee of professional or financial security.

2. Noun. A large strong net to catch circus acrobats who fall or jump from a trapeze.

Definition of Safety net

1. Noun. A large net placed horizontally beneath performing aerialists such as trapeze artists or tightrope walkers, intended to catch a performer who falls and to protect him or her from harm. ¹

2. Noun. (figuratively by extension) Anything, such as a governmental program, that provides security against extreme disadvantage or misfortune. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Safety Net

safety hat safety helmet safety helmets safety in numbers safety island safety islands safety isle safety lamp safety lamps safety lens

safety lock safety management safety margin safety match safety matches safety net safety nets safety nut safety pin safety pins

safety rail safety razor safety razors safety school safety schools safety spectacles safety squeeze safety squeeze play safety stock safety stocks

Literary usage of Safety net

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Battle Against Exclusion by OECD Staff (1998)
"ADEQUACY OF safety net PROVISIONS STRUCTURE OF SOCIAL ASSISTANCE In each of the countries under review the social assistance system aims to provide ..."

2. Towards Asia's Sustainable Development: The Role of Social Protection by Oecd (2002)
"In addition, at the Auckland APEC meeting an inventory was produced of ongoing social safety net programmes and activities of various international ..."

3. The Development Effectiveness of Food Aid: Does Tying Matter? by Organization for Economic Cooperation &, SourceOECD (Online service), Diana Evans (2006)
"Food aid as a safety-net against poverty and disaster risks Food-based interventions have been widely used to provide public social safety-net systems. ..."

4. Federal Nutrition Programs: Hearing Before the Committee on Agriculture (1998)
"Many of the Federal nutrition programs—including WIC and school lunch—have been the safety net for our children for decades and should retain their distinct ..."

5. Federal Nutrition Programs: Hearing Before the Committee on Agriculture (1998)
"Many of the Federal nutrition programs—including WIC and school lunch—have been the safety net for our children for decades and should retain their distinct ..."

6. Protecting the Future of Social Security: Hearing Before the Budget edited by John R. Kasich (1997)
"In your testimony a little earlier, you talked about a safety net, ... In order to be eligible for the safety net, you must have at least 20 years of ..."

7. Texas Medicaid in Perspective by Anne Dunkelberg (1995)
"Medicaid: safety net for Vulnerable Texans. . . Finally, Medicaid serves as a safety net for people who have special health care needs that the vast ..."

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