ALL meanings of unemployment compensation
un·em·ploy·ment com·pen·sa·tion
U u - noun unemployment compensation allowance paid to those out of work 1
- noun unemployment compensation an 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. 1
- uncountable noun unemployment compensation Unemployment compensation is money that some people receive from the state, usually for a limited time after losing a job, when they do not have a job and are unable to find one. 0
- noun unemployment compensation (in the US) payment by a governmental agency to unemployed people 0
- noun unemployment compensation payment, as by a state government from social security funds, of a certain amount of money to a qualified unemployed person, usually at regular intervals and over a fixed period of time 0