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unemˈployment
(un-1 12.)
In common use from c 1895 (cf. unemploy). Also attrib., as unemployment benefit, unemployment insurance, etc.
1888Science XI. 192/1 The chief purpose of the inquiry was to ascertain..the extent of unemployment generally. 1894Liberal 1 Dec. 67/2 These figures..represent the normal unemployment of the State. 1909R. Comm. Poor Laws App. xix. 78 in Parl. Papers (Cd. 4795) XLIV. 1 Trade Unionists have..to consider the large number of fellow workmen who are in unions which cannot afford to pay unemployment benefit. 1923Spectator 13 Jan. 47/2 From the point of view of the employer unemployment insurance is not less important. 1933Nation (N.Y.) 4 Jan. 13 In the interests of economy the unemployment benefits would be reduced. 1967N. Freeling Strike out where not Applicable 110 Applications for a building licence, claim for unemployment benefit..—the policeman can find gold in this. 1978S. Sheldon Bloodline xxxix. 347 They were listed if they had paid taxes or drawn unemployment insurance or welfare funds.
Add:2. ellipt. for unemployment benefit, pay, etc. colloq.
1976‘B. Shelby’ Great Pebble Affair 30 The Beautiful People..sunning along the pools and drawing unemployment. 1983J. Wilcox Mod. Baptists xxii. 159 He's on unemployment 'cause he got fired over at Sonny Boy. 1986R. Carver Elephant (1988) 73 He'd been living on his unemployment since then, but now the unemployment was gone, and his savings were gone, too. |