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• unemployment — un‧em‧ploy‧ment [ˌʌnɪmˈplɔɪmənt] noun [uncountable] 1. when you do not have a job: • Closure of the plant will mean unemployment for 500 workers. • Most of our staff now face unemployment. 2. ECONOMICS the number of people in a country who do not …   Financial and business terms

• 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

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

• unemployment — un|em|ploy|ment W2S2 [ˌʌnımˈplɔımənt] n [U] 1.) the number of people in a particular country or area who cannot get a job ▪ The level of unemployment is rising. ▪ areas of high unemployment (=where many people do not have a job) ▪ The… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• 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

• 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 — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ double digit (esp. AmE), high, huge, mass, massive, severe, widespread ▪ low ▪ grow …   Collocations dictionary

• unemployment — un|em|ploy|ment [ ,ʌnım plɔımənt ] noun uncount *** 1. ) a situation in which someone or a lot of people do not have work and do not have an income: The community here has been devastated by poverty and unemployment. high/low unemployment: a… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• unemployment */*/*/ — UK [ˌʌnɪmˈplɔɪmənt] / US noun [uncountable] 1) economics a situation in which some people do not have work and do not have an income The community here has been devastated by poverty and unemployment. Unemployment rose last month to its highest… …   English dictionary

• Unemployment —    In the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), unemployment, a social “evil” associated with capitalism, was officially declared to be absent in Soviet society, despite clear evidence to the contrary. The right to employment was considered …   Historical Dictionary of the Russian Federation

• seasonal unemployment — Unemployment that occurs as a result of the seasonal nature of some jobs. The building trade, for example, employs more people in the summer months than the winter months. Much of the seaside holiday trade is seasonal and a considerable amount of …   Big dictionary of business and management