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单词 unemployment benefit
释义

unemployment benefit

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noun

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.

Origin of unemployment benefit

First recorded in 1925–30

Words nearby unemployment benefit

unembarrassed, unemotional, unemployable, unemployed, unemployment, unemployment benefit, unemployment compensation, unemployment insurance, unencrypted, unencumbered, unending
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British Dictionary definitions for unemployment benefit

unemployment benefit

noun

(in Britain, formerly) a regular payment to a person who is out of work: replaced by jobseeker's allowance in 1996Informal term: dole
(in New Zealand) a means-tested monetary benefit paid weekly by the Social Security Department to the unemployed
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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