unemployment

un·em·ploy·ment  (nm-ploimnt, -m-)

n.

1. The state of being unemployed, especially involuntarily.

2. The percentage or number of people who are involuntarily unemployed: Unemployment has been shrinking throughout the recovery.

3. Unemployment compensation.

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unemployment [ˌʌnɪmˈplɔɪmənt]

n

1. (Business / Industrial Relations & HR Terms) the condition of being unemployed

2. (Business / Industrial Relations & HR Terms) the number of unemployed workers, often as a percentage of the total labour force

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Unemployment of graduates: a group of students—Hare, 1939.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

unemployment - the state of being unemployed or not having a job; "unemployment is a serious social evil"; "the rate of unemployment is an indicator of the health of an economy" state - the way something is with respect to its main attributes; "the current state of knowledge"; "his state of health"; "in a weak financial state" employ, employment - the state of being employed or having a job; "they are looking for employment"; "he was in the employ of the city"

Translations

unemployment [ˈʌnɪmˈplɔɪmənt]

A. N → paro m, desempleo m, cesantía f (Chile)

B. CPD unemployment benefit N (Brit) → subsidio m de paro or desempleo
unemployment figures NPL → cifras fpl del paro
unemployment line N (US) → fila f de parados, cola f del paro

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unemployment [ˌʌnɪmˈplɔɪmənt]

n → chômage m

modif [levels] → de chômage; [statistics, numbers, crisis, problem] → du chômage
unemployment benefit n → allocation f chômage
unemployment compensation n (US) → allocation f chômage
unemployment figures npl → chiffres mpl du chômage
unemployment line n (US) → rangs mpl des demandeurs d'emploi
unemployment rate n → taux m de chômage

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unemployment

n → Arbeitslosigkeit f, → Erwerbslosigkeit f; unemployment has risen this month → die Arbeitslosenziffer ist diesen Monat gestiegen

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unemployment:

unemployment benefit, (US) unemployment compensation

n → Arbeitslosenunterstützung f

unemployment figures

pl → Arbeitslosenziffer f

unemployment insurance

n → Arbeitslosenversicherung f

unemployment line

n (US) to be in the unemployment → arbeitslos sein, stempeln gehen (inf); many white-collar workers find themselves in the unemployments → viele Schreibtischarbeiter finden sich auf dem Arbeitsamt wieder

unemployment rate

n → Arbeitslosenquote f

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unemployment [ˌʌnɪmˈplɔɪmənt] n → disoccupazione f

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unemployment → بطالة nezaměstnanost arbejdsløshed Arbeitslosigkeit ανεργία desempleo työttömyys chômage nezaposlenost disoccupazione 失業 실직 werkloosheid arbeidsløshet bezrobocie desemprego безработица arbetslöshet การว่างงาน işsizlik tình trạng thất nghiệp 失业