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Unemployment vs. Retirement

Unemployment and Retirement Definitions

Unemployment

The state of being unemployed, especially involuntarily.

Retirement

Withdrawal from one's occupation or position, especially upon reaching a certain age.

Unemployment

The percentage or number of people who are involuntarily unemployed
Unemployment has been shrinking throughout the recovery.

Retirement

The age at which one withdraws from work or activity
On reaching retirement, he took up woodworking.

Unemployment

Unemployment insurance.

Retirement

The act of retiring or the state of being retired
The retirement of debt.
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Unemployment

The state of having no job; joblessness.
Unemployment made Jack depressed.

Retirement

Privacy or seclusion
In the retirement of your own home.

Unemployment

The phenomenon of joblessness in an economy.
Unemployment has been considered a cause of crime.

Retirement

(Archaic) A place of privacy or seclusion; a retreat.

Unemployment

The level of joblessness in an economy, often measured as a percentage of the workforce.
Unemployment was reported at 5.2% in May, up from 4.9% in April.

Retirement

An act of retiring; withdrawal.
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Unemployment

(countable) A type of joblessness due to a particular economic mechanism.
All unemployments, seasonal, frictional, cyclical, classical, whatever, mean that you're out of work.

Retirement

(uncountable) The state of being retired; seclusion.

Unemployment

(countable) An instance or period of joblessness.
Until then his life had consisted of low-paying jobs, numerous unemployments, and drug use.

Retirement

A place of seclusion or privacy; a retreat.

Unemployment

Quality or state of being not employed; - used esp. in economics, of the condition of various social classes when temporarily thrown out of employment, as those engaged for short periods, those whose trade is decaying, and those least competent.

Retirement

The state of having permanently left one's employment, now especially at reaching pensionable age; the portion of one's life after retiring from one's career.
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Unemployment

The state of being unemployed or not having a job;
Unemployment is a serious social evil
The rate of unemployment is an indicator of the health of an economy

Retirement

The act of leaving one's career or employment permanently.

Retirement

The act of retiring, or the state of being retired; withdrawal; seclusion; as, the retirement of an officer.
O, blest Retirement, friend of life's decline.
Retirement, rural quiet, friendship, books.

Retirement

A place of seclusion or privacy; a place to which one withdraws or retreats; a private abode.
This coast full of princely retirements for the sumptousness of their buildings and nobleness of the plantations.
Caprea had been the retirement of Augustus.

Retirement

The state of being retired from one's business or occupation

Retirement

Withdrawal from your position or occupation

Retirement

Withdrawal for prayer and study and meditation;
A religious retreat

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