Definition of "unemployment rate" []

• The percentage of the work force that is unemployed at any given date (noun)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "And in a country with an unemployment rate of something like 50 percent, AQI was paying its foot soldiers salaries and raking in money from various oil-smuggling scams, kidnapping rings, extortion schemes, and overseas donations."
• "Aomori is also one of the poorest prefectures, with an unemployment rate among the highest in Japan."
• "Denton County's unemployment rate was 7.4% in March—way up from before the financial crisis but lower than the rate for all of Texas and nearly two points below the national rate."