WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
unemploy′ment ben′efit, 
  1. Businessan allowance of money paid, usually weekly, to an unemployed worker by a state or federal agency or by the worker's labor union or former employer during all or part of the period of unemployment. Also called unemploy′ment compensa′tion. 
  • 1925–30

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
unemployment benefit n
  1. (in Britain, formerly) a regular payment to a person who is out of work: replaced by jobseeker's allowance in 1996Informal term: dole
'unemployment benefit' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
dole bludger - jobseeker's allowance - sign off - stabilizer - unemployment

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