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unemployment benefit

unemployment benefit noun: money paid by the government, special-purpose fund or similar to those who are unemployed and looking for work.

Noun

unemployment benefit (countable and uncountable, plural unemployment benefits)

  1. (in plural, often) 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

unemployment benefit meaning in Tamil and Gujarati

unemployment benefit in Tamil

வேலையின்மை உதவி, வேலையின்மை உதவித்தொகை

unemployment benefit in Gujarati

money paid to the unemployed
બેરોજગારી ભથ્થું berojgārī bhaththũ

Forms of unemployment benefit

pluralunemployment benefits

Questions about unemployment benefit

What does unemployment benefit mean?
Unemployment benefit means money paid by the government, special-purpose fund or similar to those who are unemployed and looking for work.
What is unemployment benefit in Tamil?
Unemployment benefit in Tamil is வேலையின்மை உதவி, வேலையின்மை உதவித்தொகை. See Unemployment benefit meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is unemployment benefit?
Unemployment benefit is a noun.
What is the plural of unemployment benefit?
The plural of unemployment benefit is unemployment benefits.

Words near unemployment benefit in the dictionary

  1. unemployeds
  2. unemployee
  3. unemployees
  4. unemploying
  5. unemployment
  6. unemployment benefit
  7. unemployment benefits
  8. unemployment insurance
  9. unemployment insurances
  10. unemployment rate
  11. unemployment rates

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: unemployment benefit (page history and authors); unemployment benefit (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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