unemployment benefit

unemployment benefit

n

1. (Social Welfare) (in Britain, formerly) a regular payment to a person who is out of work: replaced by jobseeker's allowance in 1996. Informal term: dole

2. (Social Welfare) (in New Zealand) a means-tested monetary benefit paid weekly by the Social Security Department to the unemployed

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unemploy′ment ben`efit

n.

a usu. weekly payment of money to an unemployed worker under an unemployment insurance program. Also called unemploy′ment compensa`tion.

[1925–30]

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Translations

podpora v nezaměstnanosti

Arbeitslosengeld

indennit... di disoccupazione

nadomestilo za brezposelnost

unemployment benefit

unemployment compensation (Am) n → sussidio di disoccupazione

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