# 404.702 Definitions.
As used in this subpart:
*Apply* means to sign a form or statement that the Social Security Administration accepts as an application for benefits under the rules set out in subpart G.
*Benefits* means any old-age, disability, dependents' and survivors' insurance benefits described in subpart D, including a period of disability.
*Convincing evidence* means one or more pieces of evidence that prove you meet a requirement for eligibility. See § 404.708 for the guides we use in deciding whether evidence is convincing.
*Eligible* means that a person would meet all the requirements for entitlement to benefits for a period of time but has not yet applied.
*Entitled* means that a person has applied and has proven his or her right to benefits for a period of time.
*Evidence* means any record, document, or signed statement that helps to show whether you are eligible for benefits or whether you are still entitled to benefits.
*Insured person* means someone who has enough earnings under social security to permit the payment of benefits on his or her earnings record. He or she is *fully insured, transitionally insured, currently insured,* or *insured for disability* as defined in subpart B.
*Participating payroll data provider* means a payroll data provider that has established an information exchange with us to provide wage and employment information.
*Payroll data provider* means payroll providers, wage verification companies, and other commercial or non-commercial entities that collect and maintain information regarding employment and wages.
*We* or *Us* refers to the Social Security Administration.
*You* refers to the person who has applied for benefits, or the person for whom someone else has applied.
[43 FR 24795, June 7, 1978, as amended at 89 FR 107258, Dec. 31, 2024]