It comes from the ProvenÃ§al word trobar, the literal meaning of which is to find, and the technical meaning of which is to compose. Comtessa de DÃ­a or Beatriz de DÃ­a (flourished late 12th/early 13th century) was the daughter of Count Isoard II of DÃ­a (a town on the DrÃ´me in the marquisate of Provence). According to her vida, she was married to Guillem or Guilhem de Poitiers, Count of Viennois but she was in love with Raimbaut of Orange.
Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA) is a US payroll tax deducted to fund the Social Security and Medicare programs. Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA) is a US payroll tax deducted to fund the Social Security and Medicare programs.
FICA stands for the Federal Insurance Contribution Act tax, which was passed in 1935 as part of the Social Security Act -- the piece of legislation that created the program responsible for paying monthly benefits to more than 41 million current retirees, and more than 60 million beneficiaries in total each month.