"unemployment benefit" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: unemployment benefits [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} unemployment benefit (countable and uncountable, plural unemployment benefits)
  1. (often in the plural) Money paid by the government, special-purpose fund or similar to those who are unemployed and looking for work. Tags: countable, in-plural, often, uncountable Related terms: dole Translations (money paid to the unemployed): помощ за безработица (pomošt za bezrabotica) [feminine] (Bulgarian), podpora v nezaměstnanosti [feminine] (Czech), werkloosheidsuitkering [feminine] (Dutch), työttömyysturva (Finnish), työttömyyskorvaus (Finnish), työttömyysetuus (Finnish), allocation chômage [feminine] (French), Arbeitslosengeld [neuter] (German), Stempelgeld [colloquial, neuter] (German), Stütze [colloquial, feminine] (German), επίδομα ανεργίας (epídoma anergías) [neuter] (Greek), બેરોજગારી ભથ્થું (berojgārī bhaththũ) (Gujarati), sochar dífhostaíochta [masculine] (Irish), penihana koremahi (Maori), takuhe koremahi (Maori), arbeidsledighetstrygd [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), zasiłek dla bezrobotnych [masculine] (Polish), посо́бие по безрабо́тице (posóbije po bezrabótice) (Russian), sochair cion-cosnaidh [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), arbetslöshetsersättning [common-gender] (Swedish)

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          "sense": "money paid to the unemployed",
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          "sense": "money paid to the unemployed",
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