unemployment benefit

un·em·ploy·ment ben·e·fit

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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [uhn-em-ploi-muh nt ben-uh-fit]
- /ˌʌn ɛmˈplɔɪ mənt ˈbɛn ə fɪt/
- /ˌʌnɪmˈplɔɪmənt ˈbenɪfɪt/

Definitions of unemployment benefit words

noun unemployment benefit an allowance of money paid, usually weekly, to an unemployed worker by a state or federal agency or by the worker's labor union or former employer during all or part of the period of unemployment. 1
noun unemployment benefit allowance paid to sb out of work 1
uncountable noun unemployment benefit Unemployment benefit is money that some people receive from the state when they do not have a job and are unable to find one. 0
noun unemployment benefit (in Britain, formerly) a regular payment to a person who is out of work: replaced by jobseeker's allowance in 1996 0
noun unemployment benefit (in New Zealand) a means-tested monetary benefit paid weekly by the Social Security Department to the unemployed 0

before 1925

One of the 11% newest English words

First recorded in 1925-30

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This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 7% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.

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