"laid-off" meaning in English

See laid-off in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} laid-off (not comparable)
  1. (of a bet, or an amount of money) Bet with another bookmaker to reduce risk. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-laid-off-en-adj-z9DE7g29 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 69 31 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 76 24 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 83 17
  2. (of an employee) Made unemployed or redundant. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-laid-off-en-adj-807T03HL
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