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un·em·ploy·ment

Pronounced:

/ˌʌnɪmˈploɪmənt/Listen to audio

Function:

noun

Meaning:

[noncount] 1 : the state of not having a job My unemployment lasted about six months. workers facing unemployment
2 : the total number of people who do not have jobs in a particular place or area high/low unemployment the level of unemployment Unemployment has been increasing/rising for months. The current unemployment rate is six percent.
3 US : money paid by the government to someone who does not have a job She was on unemployment for a few months. = She was receiving/collecting unemployment for a few months. —called also unemployment benefits (Brit) unemployment benefit (US) unemployment compensation
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