Synonyms

unemployment compensation

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.
Also called unemployment compensation.


Origin:
1925–30
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unemployment compensation
 
n
(in the US) payment by a governmental agency to unemployed people

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Cultural Dictionary

unemployment compensation definition


Short-term payments made to workers who have involuntarily lost their jobs.

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