unemployment insurance

noun

Insurance providing income protection for able-bodied workers during periods of involuntary unemployment.

Meanings

noununemployment insurance (usually uncountable, plural unemployment insurances)

plural unemployment insurances

  1. uncountableusuallyInsurance providing income protection for able-bodied workers during periods of involuntary unemployment.

Synonyms & antonyms

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 失業保險 /失业保险
  • 失業保險 /失业保险 (shīyè bǎoxiǎn)insurance against loss of earnings
Dutch werkloosheidsverzekering
  • werkloosheidsverzekeringinsurance against loss of earnings
Finnish työttömyysvakuutus
  • työttömyysvakuutusinsurance against loss of earnings
French assurance-chômage
  • assurance-chômageinsurance against loss of earnings
German Arbeitslosenversicherung
  • Arbeitslosenversicherunginsurance against loss of earnings
Hungarian munkanélküliség-biztosítás, munkanélküliségi biztosítás
  • munkanélküliség-biztosításinsurance against loss of earnings
  • munkanélküliségi biztosításinsurance against loss of earnings
  • munkanélküli-biztosításinsurance against loss of earnings
Indonesian asuransi pengangguran
  • asuransi pengangguraninsurance against loss of earnings
Irish árachas dífhostaíochta
  • árachas dífhostaíochtainsurance against loss of earnings
Malay insurans pengangguran
  • insurans pengangguraninsurance against loss of earnings
Polish ubezpieczenie od bezrobocia
  • ubezpieczenie od bezrobociainsurance against loss of earnings
Swedish arbetslöshetsförsäkring
  • arbetslöshetsförsäkringinsurance against loss of earnings
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APA

unemployment insurance. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unemployment%20insurance

MLA

“unemployment insurance.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unemployment%20insurance. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unemployment insurance,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unemployment%20insurance.

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