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UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Payment by a United States agency to unemployed people
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("unemployment compensation" is a kind of...):
social insurance (government provision for unemployed, injured, or aged people; financed by contributions from employers and employees as well as by government revenue)