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unemployment compensation
noun
Definition of UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION
: compensation paid at regular intervals (as by a government agency) to an unemployed worker and especially one who has been laid off —called also unemployment benefit
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First Known Use of UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION
1944
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