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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 Unemployment of graduates: a group of students—Hare, 1939. ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Translations unemployment [ˈʌnɪmˈplɔɪmənt] 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 unemployment n → Arbeitslosigkeit f, → Erwerbslosigkeit f; unemployment has risen this month → die Arbeitslosenziffer ist diesen Monat gestiegen unemployment: unemployment benefit, (US) unemployment compensation 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 unemployment [ˌʌnɪmˈplɔɪmənt] n → disoccupazione f unemployment [ˌʌnɪmˈplɔɪmənt] n → disoccupazione f How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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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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