safety net

1. 1.

   a guarantee of professional or financial security

   Broaderguarantee
2. 2.

   a large strong net to catch circus acrobats who fall or jump from a trapeze

   Broadernet

Questions about safety net

What does safety net mean?

safety net means "a guarantee of professional or financial security". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

Is safety net a common word?

safety net is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.