ALL meanings of unemployment benefit
un·em·ploy·ment ben·e·fit
U u - noun unemployment benefit allowance paid to sb out of work 1
- 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
- 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