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• unemployment benefit — unemploy′ment ben efit n. bus a usu. weekly payment of money to an unemployed worker under an unemployment insurance program. Also called unemploy′ment compensa tion • Etymology: 1925–30 …   From formal English to slang

• 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

• employ — [v1] make use of apply, bestow, bring to bear*, engage, exercise, exert, exploit, fill, handle, keep busy*, manipulate, occupy, operate, put to use*, spend, take up*, use, use up*, utilize; concept 225 Ant. ignore, misuse, shun, unemploy employ… …   New thesaurus