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Meaning of atur | Babel Free

Noun masculine CEFR B1
[əˈtur]

Definitions

  1. unemployment
    masculine, uncountable
  2. Equivalent to 'unemployment': Interruption or alteration that the workers do of his activity to protest against the conditions in which they exert it.

Equivalents

English unemployment

Examples

“L’impacte personal, social i econòmic de l’atur de llarga durada és inqüestionable, sobretot en una economia en la qual, tal com ressalta amb insistència el Banc d’Espanya, l’atur és el principal motor de la desigualtat de renda.”

The personal, social, and economic impact of long-term unemployment is unquestionable, especially in an economy in which, just like the Bank of Spain insistently points out, unemployment is the main engine for income inequality.

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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