(un-, prefix1 affix 6)

That which is distributed or doled out; esp. a gift of food or money made in charity; hence, a portion sparingly doled out; spec. (usually the dole…

The Labour ‘Bureau’ or employment exchange; hence, unemployment benefit, esp. in on the buroo.

British slang. Unemployment benefit, the dole; esp. in on the pineapple. Now rare.

unemployment insurance; (broadly) any benefit paid to someone who is not working.

State government relief paid to the unemployed, spec. during the Depression. Also in on the susso.

elliptical for unemployment benefit at main sense, etc. colloquial.