Phrase guide

unemployment benefit

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Money paid by the government, special-purpose fund or similar to those who are unemployed and looking for work.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, in-plural, often, uncountable

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Across languages

Translations

21 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: помощ за безработица (pomošt za bezrabotica) — money paid to the unemployed
  • Czech: podpora v nezaměstnanosti — money paid to the unemployed
  • Dutch: werkloosheidsuitkering — money paid to the unemployed
  • Finnish: työttömyysturva — money paid to the unemployed
  • Finnish: työttömyyskorvaus — money paid to the unemployed
  • Finnish: työttömyysetuus — money paid to the unemployed
  • French: allocation chômage — money paid to the unemployed
  • French: allocations de chômage — money paid to the unemployed
  • German: Arbeitslosengeld — money paid to the unemployed
  • German: Stempelgeld — money paid to the unemployed
  • German: Stütze — money paid to the unemployed
  • Greek: επίδομα ανεργίας (epídoma anergías) — money paid to the unemployed
  • Gujarati: બેરોજગારી ભથ્થું (berojgārī bhaththũ) — money paid to the unemployed
  • Irish: sochar dífhostaíochta — money paid to the unemployed
  • Māori: penihana koremahi — money paid to the unemployed
  • Māori: takuhe koremahi — money paid to the unemployed
  • Norwegian Bokmål: arbeidsledighetstrygd — money paid to the unemployed
  • Polish: zasiłek dla bezrobotnych — money paid to the unemployed
  • Russian: посо́бие по безрабо́тице (posóbije po bezrabótice) — money paid to the unemployed
  • Scottish Gaelic: sochair cion-cosnaidh — money paid to the unemployed
  • Swedish: arbetslöshetsersättning — money paid to the unemployed