unemployment office

collocation in English

meaningsofunemploymentandoffice

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unemployment
noun[U]
uk
/ˌʌn.ɪmˈplɔɪ.mənt/us
/ˌʌn.ɪmˈplɔɪ.mənt/
the number of people who do not have a job that ...
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office
noun
uk
/ˈɒf.ɪs/us
/ˈɑː.fɪs/
a room or part of a building in which people work, especially sitting at tables with computers, phones, etc., usually as a part of a business or ...
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(Definition ofunemploymentandofficefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofunemployment office

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Theunemploymentofficerefused to allow her to sign on because she was not really fit.
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If unemployed, they would no doubt go to theunemploymentofficeand sign on.
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I met an unemployed, homeless building worker outside theunemploymentofficethe other day.
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It is said with bitter irony that the only growth area in the constituency is theunemploymentoffice.
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There are 54 people registered as unemployed for every unfilled vacancy listed at the cityunemploymentoffice.
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We should like to see the old labour exchange transformed from anunemploymentofficeto a wide-ranging employment office.
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I was at theunemploymentofficeall the time.
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The cuts in benefit are made right away, when you declare your work on your signing on day at theunemploymentoffice.
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They were told on what date their notice would expire and on what date they would be expected to sign on at theunemploymentoffice.
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Such employers engage staff at unsociable hours which suit night security workers and minicab drivers, people who can still clock into theunemploymentofficeduring the day.
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How will those who are unemployed for more than 12 months, who do not go to anunemploymentofficeand who make no claim, enter into the figures?
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After retiring from the post office, he worked at a stateunemploymentofficeuntil 1982.
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The study took place at anunemploymentoffice, and was set up to offer free blood pressure screenings.
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When an unemployed person first visits theunemploymentoffice, the new claimant adviser will give an indication of the length of the permitted period—a maximum of 13 weeks is allowed.
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He struggles with unemployment and at one point in the movie is seen snapping due to frustration with theunemploymentofficebureaucracy.
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