unemployment benefits

• plural

  plural

  The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.

  of unemployment benefit.
  unemployment benefit

  noun

  an allowance of money paid, usually weekly, to an unemployed worker by a state or federal agency or by the worker's labor union or former employer during all or part of the period of unemployment.

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unemployment benefits

The number of people applying for unemployment benefits each week has fallen to historic lows, reinforcing that companies are very reluctant to lay off workers with the economy growing steadily.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026

The number of people who filed for unemployment benefits was 197,000 in the week through Sept. 19, 1,000 lower than the revised 198,000 reported a week earlier, the Labor Department said Thursday.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

The number of people who filed for unemployment benefits was 206,000 in the week through August 29, 2,000 higher than the upwardly revised 204,000 reported a week earlier, the Labor Department said Thursday.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

Take the number of people each week who apply for unemployment benefits: The number who sought benefits in mid-August fell to an extremely low 169,786.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 29, 2026

“OK. So . . . you’re not registered to collect unemployment benefits, nothing like that?”

From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins

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