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We found 9 dictionaries that define the word safety nets:

General (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. safety nets: Merriam-Webster
  2. safety nets: Collins English Dictionary
  3. safety nets: Vocabulary.com
  4. safety-nets: Wordnik
  5. safety nets: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. safety nets: Wiktionary
  7. safety nets: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Underwriter's Glossary (No longer online)
  2. safety nets: Medical dictionary

(Note: See safety_net as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (safety net)

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.
noun:  (figuratively, by extension) Anything, such as a governmental program, that provides security against extreme disadvantage or misfortune.
▸ Also see safety_net


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