"full employment" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} full employment (uncountable)
  1. (economics) An economic situation in which there is no cyclical unemployment. Tags: uncountable Related terms: frictional unemployment Translations (Translations): täystyöllisyys (Finnish), plein-emploi [masculine] (French), lánfhostaíocht [feminine] (Irish), pełne zatrudnienie [neuter] (Polish), pleno empleo [masculine] (Spanish), full sysselsättning [common-gender] (Swedish)
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