wachtgeld
Dutch
Etymology
From wachten (“to wait”) + geld (“money”)
Pronunciation
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: wacht‧geld
Noun
wachtgeld n (plural wachtgelden, diminutive wachtgeldje n)
- (social welfare) an allowance paid to someone who is involuntarily unemployed in their field of expertise which equates to about 70% of the expected salary at their experience level in the Netherlands
See also
wachtgeld on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl