unemployment benefit — unemployment benefits N UNCOUNT: also N in pl Unemployment benefit is money that some people receive from the state when they do not have a job and are unable to find one. In 1986 more than three million were receiving unemployment benefit...… … English dictionary
unemployment benefit — ► NOUN ▪ payment made by the state or a trade union to an unemployed person … English terms dictionary
unemployment benefit — noun : payment (as by a union or an employer or according to the provisions of a governmental social security program) to an unemployed worker of a sum of money per week compare dole * * * unemˈployment benefit [unemployment benefit] (BrE) ( … Useful english dictionary
unemployment benefit — unem ployment .benefit BrE unem ployment .benefits/compen.sation AmE n [U] money paid regularly by the government to people who have no job on unemployment benefit (=be getting unemployment benefit) ▪ people on unemployment benefit … Dictionary of contemporary English
unemployment benefit — unem ployment ,benefit noun uncount BRITISH UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
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. Also called unemployment compensation. [1925 30]… … Universalium
unemployment benefit — noun see unemployment compensation … New Collegiate Dictionary
unemployment benefit — BrE unemployment compensation AmE noun (U) money paid regularly by he government to people who do not have a job … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
unemployment benefit — UK / US noun [uncountable] British money provided by the government to someone who does not have a job. The American word is unemployment compensation … English dictionary
unemployment benefit — unemploy′ment ben efit n. bus a usu. weekly payment of money to an unemployed worker under an unemployment insurance program. Also called unemploy′ment compensa tion • Etymology: 1925–30 … From formal English to slang
