unemployment insurance

  • 21insurance — A contract whereby, for a stipulated consideration, one party undertakes to compensate the other for loss on a specified subject by specified perils. The party agreeing to make the compensation is usually called the insurer or underwriter; the… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 22insurance — A contract whereby, for a stipulated consideration, one party undertakes to compensate the other for loss on a specified subject by specified perils. The party agreeing to make the compensation is usually called the insurer or underwriter; the… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 23insurance — n. 1) to provide insurance for 2) to sell, write; underwrite insurance 3) to carry; take out insurance (our firm carries fire insurance) 4) to cancel; renew insurance 5) accident; automobile (AE), motor (BE), motor car (BE); collision;… …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 24Unemployment Claim — A request made by an individual to the state government to receive temporary payments after having been laid off from a job. The United States Department of Labor keeps track of the number of weekly unemployment claims. It provides both… …

    Investment dictionary

  • 25Unemployment Compensation — Funds paid by the state to unemployed workers who have lost their jobs due to layoffs or retrenchment. Unemployment compensation is meant to provide a source of income for jobless workers until they can find employment. In order to be eligible… …

    Investment dictionary

  • 26insurance — /in shoor euhns, sherr /, n. 1. the act, system, or business of insuring property, life, one s person, etc., against loss or harm arising in specified contingencies, as fire, accident, death, disablement, or the like, in consideration of a… …

    Universalium

  • 27insurance — noun /ɨn.ˈʃɹ̩.ɨns,ˈɪn.ʃə.ɹɨns/ a) A means of indemnity against a future occurrence of an uncertain event. The car was totalled, but fortunately I had insurance. b) The business of providing insurance. After five years in banking, I switched to… …

    Wiktionary

  • 28insurance — in|sur|ance W2S3 [ınˈʃuərəns US ˈʃur ] n 1.) [U] an arrangement with a company in which you pay them money, especially regularly, and they pay the costs if something bad happens, for example if you become ill or your car is damaged →↑assurance,… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 29Unemployment Indemnity (Shipwreck) Convention, 1920 — Infobox ILO convention code= C8 name= Unemployment Indemnity (Shipwreck) Convention, 1920 adopt= July 9, 1920 force= March 16, 1923 classify= Social Security subject= Seafarers prev= Minimum Age (Sea) Convention, 1920 next= Placing of Seamen… …

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  • 30Unemployment Provision Convention, 1934 (shelved) — Infobox ILO convention code= C44 name= Unemployment Provision Convention, 1934 (shelved) adopt= June 23, 1934 force= June 10, 1938 classify= subject= Social Security prev= Sheet Glass Works Convention, 1934 (shelved) next= Underground Work… …

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