jobseeker's allowance
noun [U] /ˌdʒɒb.siː.kəz.əˈlaʊ.əns/
/ˌdʒɑːb.siː.kɚz-/ (abbreviation JSA)Definition
› in the UK, money that the government pays to unemployed people who are looking for a jobUnemployment
(Definition of jobseeker's allowance noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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