Oxford Business English Dictionary for Learners of English

unemployed back to work о The country now has four million unemployed.

-» employed, self-employed

unemployment /.Amm'pbimont/ noun [u]

see also: disguised unemployment, frictional hidden search seasonal structural -

the fact of a number of people not having a job; the number of people without a job: an area of high unemployment о a rising/falling unemployment rate

the state of not having a job: people facing long- term unemployment

-» employment

.unemployment .benefit noun [u.c] money paid by the government to sb who is unemployed: to be on (= receiving) unemployment benefit о the number of people claiming unemployment benefits

.unemployment compensation noun [u] (AmE)

money that sb who has recently become unemployed receives regularly instead of their pay from a government or union plan: The workers will receive unemployment compensation and extra unemployment benefits.

unem ployment in surancenoun [u] a system where workers pay a regular amount of money, so that if they lose their job they receive a regular payment: new unemployment insurance claims

.unemployment line = dole queue unethical /лп'е01к1/ adjective not morally correct or acceptable: The company's actions were both illegal and unethical. IoppI ethical

unethically /лп'е01кН/ adverb

unexpired /.Anik'spaiad; AmE -'spaiard/ adjective [usually before noun]

(about an agreement, a contract, etc) still valid and not yet having come to an end: an unexpired lease/ licence

unfair /,лпТеэ(г); AmE -'fer/ adjective not giving every group or person the same opportunity to do sth; not right or fair: Steel makers face unfair competition from subsidized foreign producers, о The new pension plans are unfair to older workers. IoppI fair

.un'fairly adverb: Some employees claim they were treated unfairly because they were disabled.

.unfair dis'missal (also .wrongful dis missal

noun [u,C]

(HR) an occasion when sb is removed from their job without a good reason: She is suing the company for unfair dismissal, о He lost his claim for unfair dismissal against the company. unfavourable (AmE spelling unfavorable) /An'feivarabl/ adjective

(about conditions, situations, etc.) not good and likely to cause problems or make sth more difficult: The company is delaying its share offer due to unfavourable market conditions.

showing that you do not approve of or like sb/sth: an unfavourable report о The bank was affected by unfavourable comparisons with its main rival (= its rival was said to be better).

IoppI favourable

un favourably (AmE spelling unfavorably

adverb: This year's results compare unfavourably with (= are not as good as) last year's.

unfavourable 'balance (AmEspelling

unfavorable ~) noun [C]

(Accounting) an amount of debt shown on an

account [sW] adverse balance -» deficit unfavourable trade balance 586

unfavourable trade balance [also

.unfavourable .balance of trade) (AmEspellingunfavorable noun [sing.] (,Economics) a situation when a country spends more on imports than it earns from exports [syn] adverse trade balance

unfriendly /лпТгепсШ/ = hostile

unfulfilled /.Anful'fild/ adjective that has not been completed, achieved or satisfied: They phoned customers with unfulfilled orders to explain the delays. fulfil

an unfulfilled contract/order * unfulfilled expectations/potential/targets