unemployment claim
noun[C]
GOVERNMENTukusin the US, anofficialrequestmade by someone who haslosttheirjobformoneyfrom thegovernment:
Thereportfoundthatnewunemploymentclaimsfellby 7,000.
first-time/initial/weeklyunemploymentclaims
file/handle an unemployment claimLastweek, 339,000peoplefiledunemploymentclaimsin theUnitedStates.