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unemployment benefit en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (countable, in-plural, often, uncountable) Money paid by the government, special-purpose fund or similar to those who are unemployed and looking for work.
   • Claimants of unemployment benefits will see the biggest fall in the value of their payments in 50 years on Monday, anti-poverty campaigners have said, as Britons grapple with the worst cost of living crisis since 1972. 2022 April 11, Miles Brignall, “Cost of living crisis: Value of UK unemployment benefits see biggest fall in 50 years”, in The Guardian:

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dole

Translations (21)

ga sochar dífhostaíochta (money paid to the unemployed) · gd sochair cion-cosnaidh (money paid to the unemployed) · mi penihana koremahi (money paid to the unemployed) · sv arbetslöshetsersättning (money paid to the unemployed) · nl werkloosheidsuitkering (money paid to the unemployed) · fr allocations de chômage (money paid to the unemployed) · fi työttömyysetuus (money paid to the unemployed) · cs podpora v nezaměstnanosti (money paid to the unemployed) · de Stempelgeld (money paid to the unemployed) · el επίδομα ανεργίας (money paid to the unemployed) · de Stütze (money paid to the unemployed) · ru посо́бие по безрабо́тице (money paid to the unemployed) · pl zasiłek dla bezrobotnych (money paid to the unemployed) · fr allocation chômage (money paid to the unemployed) · nb arbeidsledighetstrygd (money paid to the unemployed) · de Arbeitslosengeld (money paid to the unemployed) · fi työttömyysturva (money paid to the unemployed) · gu બેરોજગારી ભથ્થું (money paid to the unemployed) · bg помощ за безработица (money paid to the unemployed) · fi työttömyyskorvaus (money paid to the unemployed) · mi takuhe koremahi (money paid to the unemployed)