seasonal unemployment
noun [U] ECONOMICSDefinition
› the rise in the number of unemployed people that is expected in certain industries at particular times of year: The chronic problem of seasonal unemployment is a product of the fluctuating demand for labor. → Compare frictional unemployment, structural unemployment
(Definition of seasonal unemployment noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
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