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unemployment compensation

British  

noun

  1. (in the US) payment by a governmental agency to unemployed people

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

unemployment compensation Cultural  
  1. Short-term payments made to workers who have involuntarily lost their jobs.


Example Sentences

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And so it denied Catholic Charities the tax exemption from unemployment compensation that other religious charities receive.

From Slate • Jun. 5, 2025

More than $5 trillion goes each year to Social Security, Medicare, federal employee retirement, unemployment compensation and the like.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 13, 2024

Spending on food stamps rose 102%; veterans programs, 50%; welfare costs, 50%; health tax credits, 45%; school food programs, 42%; unemployment compensation, 32%.

From Washington Times • Jun. 3, 2023

Other mandatory programs include income security such as food stamps and unemployment compensation and federal retirement and veterans programs, among others.

From Washington Post • Jan. 26, 2023

Legislation will also be proposed respecting nonoccupational disability insurance and unemployment compensation in the District of Columbia.

From State of the Union Address by Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David)

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