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unemployment

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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.

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

Unemployment of graduates: a group of students—Hare, 1939.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.unemploymentunemployment - 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. Nparo m, desempleo m, cesantía f (Chile)
B. CPD unemployment benefit N (Brit) → subsidio m de paro or desempleo
unemployment figures NPLcifras fpl del paro
unemployment line N (US) → fila f de parados, cola f del paro

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

unemployment
nArbeitslosigkeit f, → Erwerbslosigkeit f; unemployment has risen this monthdie Arbeitslosenziffer ist diesen Monat gestiegen

unemployment:
unemployment benefit, (US) unemployment compensation
unemployment figures
plArbeitslosenziffer f
unemployment insurance
unemployment line
n (US) to be in the unemploymentarbeitslos sein, stempeln gehen (inf); many white-collar workers find themselves in the unemploymentsviele Schreibtischarbeiter finden sich auf dem Arbeitsamt wieder
unemployment rate

unemployment [ˌʌnɪmˈplɔɪmənt] ndisoccupazione f
unemployment [ˌʌnɪmˈplɔɪmənt] ndisoccupazione f

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


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Welland agreed, as if allowing for an inherited oddity; and after that the question of Newland's unemployment was tacitly dropped.
As a beginning she dismissed her Pole of the previous day--the Pole whose hair she had pulled--and took to herself another one; but the latter proved worse even than the former, and incurred dismissal in favour of the first Pole, who, during the time of his unemployment, had nevertheless hovered around the Grandmother's chair, and from time to time obtruded his head over her shoulder.
 
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