to receive unemployment benefit

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• unemployment benefit — ➔ benefit1 * * * unemployment benefit UK US noun [C or U] UK (US unemployment benefits [plural]) ► GOVERNMENT money that the government pays regularly to unemployed people who are looking for a job. The term unemployment benefit was officially… …   Financial and business terms

• unemployment benefit — unemployment benefits N UNCOUNT: also N in pl Unemployment benefit is money that some people receive from the state when they do not have a job and are unable to find one. In 1986 more than three million were receiving unemployment benefit...… …   English dictionary

• Unemployment benefits — are payments made by governments to unemployed people. It may be based on a compulsory para governmental insurance system. Depending on the jurisdiction and the status of the person, those sums may be meager, covering only basic needs (thus a… …   Wikipedia

• receive — re|ceive W1S1 [rıˈsi:v] v [T] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(be given something)¦ 2¦(be sent something)¦ 3¦(treatment)¦ 4¦(reaction to something)¦ 5 be on/at the receiving end (of something) 6 receive an injury/blow 7¦(people)¦ 8¦(by radio)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• benefit — See security proceeds Euroclear Clearing and Settlement glossary * * * ▪ I. benefit ben‧e‧fit 1 [ˈbenfɪt] noun 1. [countable] a good effect or advantage that something has, for example a product or service: • We will focus our marketing message… …   Financial and business terms

• Unemployment — World unemployment rates[1] as of January 2009[update] Unemployment (or …   Wikipedia

• benefit — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 advantage ADJECTIVE ▪ considerable, enormous, great, huge, immense, major, real, significant, substantial, tremendous …   Collocations dictionary

• unemployment —    At the time of the oil crisis of 1973, unemployment in Spain stood at just under 2.5 percent of the active population, but with the recession, the estimated one million Spanish workers in Europe began to return. This influx coincided with an… …   Encyclopedia of contemporary Spanish culture

• benefit */*/*/ — I UK [ˈbenɪfɪt] / US [ˈbenəfɪt] noun Word forms benefit : singular benefit plural benefits 1) [countable/uncountable] an advantage you get from a situation The new sports centre will bring lasting benefit to the community. benefit for: Consider… …   English dictionary

• benefit — ben|e|fit1 [ benəfıt ] noun *** 1. ) count usually plural extra money or other advantages that you get in addition to your salary from your employer as part of your job: The benefits include medical insurance and a company car. a ) money or help… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• benefit — [ben′ə fit, ben′əfət] n. [ME benefet < OFr bienfait, a kindness < L benefactum, meritorious act < benefacere: see BENEFACTION] 1. Archaic a kindly, charitable act; benefaction 2. a) gain or advantage [tax legislation for the benefit of… …   English World dictionary