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unemployment (iou)



unemployment noun. L19.
[from UN-1 + EMPLOYMENT.]
The state or condition of being unemployed; the extent of this in a country, region, etc., esp. the number or percentage of unemployed people. L19.
STRUCTURAL unemployment.
M. Foot We were faced..with..a hideous rise in unemployment.
ellipt. = unemployment benefit below. L20.
Comb.: unemployment benefit a payment made to an unemployed person by the State or (in the US) a trade union.