Definitions

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  • noun A person seeking employment.
  • noun UK An unemployed person who needs to prove he is looking for work in order to obtain government benefits.

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Examples

  • Parts of Greater London have also been badly affected: Hackney, Kensington and Chelsea, and Sutton – have suffered the largest increases in the number of long-term jobseeker's allowance claimants.

    TUC survey says new year outlook is bleak for unemployed 2010

  • Pissarides expressed concern that Osborne will be tempted to look at broader social benefits such as jobseeker's allowance and housing benefit.

    UK's Nobel economics laureate Christopher Pissarides warns chancellor: don't axe jobless benefits Andrew Clark 2010

  • It wants to consolidate the existing 30 or more work-related benefits - such as jobseeker's allowance, housing benefit, child tax credit, working tax credit, income support and employment support allowance - into a single universal payment.

    BBC News - Home 2011

  • The figures revealed the impact of a record recession on the UK's finances as tax revenues were hit and spending on measures to help the economy and on benefits such as jobseeker's allowance rose.

    Your Local Guardian | Sutton 2010

  • The figures revealed the impact of a record recession on the UK's finances as tax revenues were hit and spending on measures to help the economy and on benefits such as jobseeker's allowance rose.

    icScotland 2010

  • Pissarides expressed concern that Osborne will be tempted to look at broader social benefits such as jobseeker's allowance and housing benefit.

    The Guardian World News Andrew Clark 2010

  • London School of Economics, advised the Government against cutting broader social benefits such as jobseeker's allowance and housing benefit.

    Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2010

  • The figures revealed the impact of a record recession on the UK's finances as tax revenues were hit and spending on measures to help the economy and on benefits such as jobseeker's allowance rose.

    Home 2010

  • The figures revealed the impact of a record recession on the UK's finances as tax revenues were hit and spending on measures to help the economy and on benefits such as jobseeker's allowance rose.

    icSolihull 2010

  • The figures revealed the impact of a record recession on the UK's finances as tax revenues were hit and spending on measures to help the economy and on benefits such as jobseeker's allowance rose.

    WalesOnline - Home 2010

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