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View synonyms for unemployment benefit
unemployment benefit
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.
unemployment benefit
noun
- (in Britain, formerly) a regular payment to a person who is out of work: replaced by jobseeker's allowance in 1996 Informal termdole
- (in New Zealand) a means-tested monetary benefit paid weekly by the Social Security Department to the unemployed
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Word History and Origins
Origin of unemployment benefit1
First recorded in 1925–30
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Example Sentences
Revenues are rising at a smart pace, and spending continues to fall, led by declines in defense and unemployment benefit spending.
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