Tra từ unemployment - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

un·employ·ment [unemployment] BrE [ˌʌnɪmˈplɔɪmənt] NAmE [ˌʌnɪmˈplɔɪmənt] noun uncountable
1. the fact of a number of people not having a job; the number of people without a job
•an area of high/low unemployment
•rising/falling unemployment
• It was a time of mass unemployment.
•measures to help reduce/tackle unemployment
•the level/rate of unemployment
•unemployment benefit/statistics
•a rise in both inflation and unemployment
2. the state of not having a job
• Thousands of young people are facing long-term unemployment.
•a study of male/female unemployment
compare ↑employment
3. (US) = ↑unemployment benefit
• Since losing his job, Mike has been collecting unemployment.

Collocations:
The economy
Managing the economy
handle/run/manage the economy
boost investment/spending/employment/growth
stimulate demand/the economy/industry
cut/reduce investment/spending/borrowing
reduce/curb/control/keep down inflation
create/fuel growth/demand/a boom/a bubble
encourage/foster/promote/stimulate/stifle innovation/competition
encourage/work with/compete with the private sector
increase/boost/promote US/agricultural exports
ban/restrict/block cheap/foreign imports
the economy grows/expands/shrinks/contracts/slows (down)/recovers/improves/is booming
enjoy an economic/housing/property boom
Economic problems
push up/drive up prices/costs/inflation
damage/hurt/destroy industry/the economy
cause/lead to/go into/avoid/escape recession
experience/suffer a recession/downturn
fight/combat inflation/deflation/unemployment
cause/create inflation/poverty/unemployment
create/burst a housing/stock market bubble
cause/trigger a stock market crash/the collapse of the banking system
face/be plunged into a financial/an economic crisis
be caught in/experience cycles of boom and bust
Public finance
cut/reduce/slash/increase/double the defence/(especially US) defense/education/aid budget
increase/boost/slash/cut public spending
increase/put up/raise/cut/lower/reduce taxes
raise/cut/lower/reduce interest rates
ease/loosen/tighten monetary policy
balance the (state/federal) budget
achieve/maintain a balanced budget
run a ($4 trillion) budget deficit/surplus
more collocations at ↑politics, ↑voting

Collocations:
Unemployment
Losing your job
lose your job
(BrE) become/be made redundant
be offered/take voluntary redundancy/early retirement
face/be threatened with dismissal/(BrE) the sack/(BrE) compulsory redundancy
dismiss/fire/ (especially BrE) sack an employee/a worker/a manager
lay off staff/workers/employees
(AustralE, NZE, SAfrE) retrench workers
cut/reduce/downsize/slash the workforce
(BrE) make staff/workers/employees redundant
Being unemployed
be unemployed/out of work/out of a job
seek/look for work/employment
be on/collect/draw/get/receive (both BrE) unemployment benefit/jobseeker's allowance
be/go/live/sign (BrE, informal) on the dole
claim/draw/get (BrE, informal) the dole
be on/qualify for (NAmE) unemployment (compensation)
be/go/live/depend (NAmE) on welfare
collect/receive (NAmE) welfare
combat/tackle/cut/reduce unemployment

Example Bank:
•New claims for unemployment benefits remain low.
•The county's unemployment rate has dropped to 9%.
•The unemployment trap exists when an unemployed person on benefit would be worse off in a low-paid job.
•This former mining town is now an unemployment black spot.
•Unemployment among graduates is falling steadily.
•Unemployment averaged 15% across the country.
•Unemployment climbed above two million.
•Unemployment has hit unskilled workers in particular.
•Unemployment hit 10% in 1982.
•Unemployment reached 30%.
•Unemployment touched 30%.
•It's an area of high unemployment.
•Last month saw a rise in both inflation and unemployment.
•New measures are needed to tackle unemployment.
•Scottish unemployment rates were lower than the UK average.
•They carried out a study of male unemployment.
•Thousands of young people are facing long-term unemployment.