Generally, you need 10 years of work in a job in which you pay Social Security taxes to be eligible for retirement benefits. You can apply for these benefits as early as age 62 or as late as age 70, with the monthly amount going up the longer you put it off.
Definition of democratize for English Language Learners. : to make (a country or organization) more democratic. : to make (something) available to all people : to make it possible for all people to understand (something) See words that rhyme with democratize Nglish: Translation of democratize for Spanish speakers.
Full Definition of DEGENERATE. 1. a: having declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state b: having sunk to a condition below that which is normal to a type; especially: having sunk to a lower and usually corrupt and vicious state c: degraded 2.2. 3.ull Definition of DEGENERATE. intransitive verb. 1. : to pass from a higher to a lower type or condition: deteriorate. 2. : to sink into a low intellectual or moral state. 3. 4. : to decline from a condition or from the standards of a species, race, or breed.