unemployment

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 unemployment rate remained at 5.2%.
▪ Rising unemployment has been the price we've had to pay for getting inflation down.
▪ It has been the largest sustained fall in unemployment in the history of this country.
▪ above average levels of unemployment
▪ monthly unemployment figures for the UK
2.) when someone does not have a job
▪ Closure of the plant means 80 workers are facing unemployment.
3.) AmE money paid regularly by the government to people who have no job
on unemployment
▪ He's been on unemployment for two months.
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COLLOCATES for sense 1
high/low unemployment
rising/falling unemployment
rise/increase/growth in unemployment
fall/decrease in unemployment
level of unemployment/unemployment level
unemployment rate
unemployment figures/statistics
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Dictionary of contemporary English. 2013.

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