UB40 /ˌjuː biː ˈfɔːti $ -ˈfɔːr-/ noun

1. formerly in the UK, an official card which showed that the person named on the card was receiving unemployment benefit (=money paid by the government to someone who does not have a job). It is now called an ES40.

2. the name of a British pop group

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