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.
Also called
unemployment compensation.
Origin of unemployment benefit
First recorded in 1925–30
Words nearby unemployment benefit
unembarrassed,
unemotional,
unemployable,
unemployed,
unemployment,
unemployment benefit,
unemployment compensation,
unemployment insurance,
unencrypted,
unencumbered,
unending
British Dictionary definitions for unemployment benefit
unemployment benefit
noun
(in Britain, formerly) a regular payment to a person who is out of work: replaced by jobseeker's allowance in 1996
Informal term: dole
(in New Zealand) a means-tested monetary benefit paid weekly by the Social Security Department to the unemployed