unemployment benefit

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unemployment benefit (countable and uncountable, plural unemployment benefits)

  1. (often in the plural) Money paid by the government, special-purpose fund or similar to those who are unemployed and looking for work.
    • 2022 April 11, Miles Brignall, “Cost of living crisis: Value of UK unemployment benefits see biggest fall in 50 years”, in The Guardian[1]:
      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.

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