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单词 unemployment benefit
释义

unemployment benefit

Word forms: plural unemployment benefits
uncountable noun
Unemployment benefit is money that some people receive from the state when they do not have a job and are unable to find one.
In 1986 more than three million were receiving unemployment benefit.
Unemployment benefits are directly related to previous earnings.

unemployment benefit in British English

noun
1. 
(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. 
(in New Zealand) a means-tested monetary benefit paid weekly by the Social Security Department to unemployed people

Examples of 'unemployment benefit' in a sentence
unemployment benefit

The claimant count for August also showed the number of people on unemployment benefit rising by 2,400.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Migrants were less likely to receive disability and unemployment benefits in most countries studied.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The one weak spot was a sharp slowing of the pace at which people come off unemployment benefit.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Merthyr is a town where one in three adults receives unemployment benefit and one in six receives incapacity benefit.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The number of people claiming unemployment benefit declined in November.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The first is the claimant count, which shows the number of people claiming unemploymentbenefits.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The reality is that only 2 per cent of welfare spending is directly on unemployment benefits.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
To claim unemployment benefit a person who is out of work has to go to the local unemployment benefit office at regular intervals.
Brown, Muriel & Payne Sarah Introduction to Social Administration in Britain (1990)
Wage subsidy could be cheaper than putting more people on unemployment benefit, but is the government willing?
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
And the number of young people on long-term unemployment benefit has almost halved in the last year alone.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
More than a fifth of people claiming unemployment benefits have a criminal record, according to figures published yesterday.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
It would work out far cheaper than paying unemployment benefits to people caught in the trap of being unable to afford the journey to work.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Their findings came as it emerged the number of people claiming unemployment benefit rose in May for the fourth month running.
The Sun (2008)
Fewer people need unemployment benefits.
The Sun (2012)
Two million people are in the armed forces, and 2.3 million are receiving unemployment benefits.
Harris, Marvin Cultural Anthropology (1995)
The number of people claiming unemployment benefit has increased by more than 300,000 since July.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The announcements came as the number of people claiming unemployment benefit reached a ten-year high of 1.16 million.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
We've also set an overall cap on total welfare spending and through record employment are seeing hundreds of thousands of people move off unemployment benefit into work.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Official statistics released yesterday showed that unemployment has risen to 11.4 per cent, double the number of people claiming unemployment benefit this time last year.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
ONE million people are claiming unemployment benefit, official figures will show today - but a million jobs are up for grabs.
The Sun (2008)
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