unemployment insurance

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noun

a government program that provides a limited number of payments to eligible workers who are involuntarily unemployed.

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Origin of unemployment insurance

First recorded in 1920–25

Words nearby unemployment insurance

unemployable, unemployed, unemployment, unemployment benefit, unemployment compensation, unemployment insurance, unencrypted, unencumbered, unending, unendurable, unenforced
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Words related to unemployment insurance

welfare

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