unemployment (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *unemployment*:
NOUN	state	unemployment	the state of being unemployed or not having a job

unemployment > pronunciation
Sounds	ah.nihmploy'mahnt
Rhymes	abandonment ... wonderment: 671 rhymes with ahnt...

English > *unemployment*: 1 sense > noun 1, state
Meaning	The state of being unemployed or not having a job.
Examples	"unemployment is a serious social evil" "the rate of unemployment is an indicator of the health of an economy"
Broader	state	The way something is with respect to its main attributes
Opposite	employment, employ	The state of being employed or having a job
Spanish	desempleo, desocupación, paro
Catalan	atur, desocupació, parada forçosa

HyperDic: unemployment