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covering letter or covering note, a letter or note accompanying or following a package or another letter, explaining or confirming its contents. (Useful English Dictionary)

covering letter (N. Amer. cover letter): a letter sent with, and explaining the contents of, another document or a parcel. (Concise Oxford English Dictionary)

Tribona has signed a new long term lease agreement covering approximately 15 000 sq.m. in the property Kornmarksvej 1 in Copenhagen. Tenant is Nilfisk-Advance A/S. (globenewswire.com)

Unemployment benefits (depending on the jurisdiction also called unemployment insurance or unemployment compensation) are social welfare payments made by the state or other authorized bodies to unemployed people. Benefits may be based on a compulsory para-governmental insurance system. Depending on the jurisdiction and the status of the person, those sums may be small, covering only basic needs, or may compensate the lost time proportionally to the previous earned salary. (Wikipedia)