See lay off in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"(of an employer) To dismiss (workers) from employment, e.g. at a time of low business volume or through no fault of the worker, often with a severance package."
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"(transitive, chiefly US, idiomatic) (of an employer) To dismiss (workers) from employment, e.g. at a time of low business volume or through no fault of the worker, often with a severance package."
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"sense": "to dismiss workers from employment",
"word": "da afară"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "uvolʹnjatʹ",
"sense": "to dismiss workers from employment",
"word": "увольнять"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to dismiss workers from employment",
"word": "despedir"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to dismiss workers from employment",
"word": "destituir"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to dismiss workers from employment",
"word": "licenciar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to dismiss workers from employment",
"word": "dar de baja"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to dismiss workers from employment",
"word": "avskeda"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to dismiss workers from employment",
"word": "säga upp"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to dismiss workers from employment",
"word": "işten çıkarmak"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "opzogn",
"sense": "to dismiss workers from employment",
"word": "אָפּזאָגן"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to cease, quit, stop",
"word": "lopettaa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to stop bothering, teasing, or pestering someone",
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "painting: to apply gentle strokes to smooth a wet coat",
"word": "töpöttää"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to plan out using a chart",
"word": "suunnitella reitti"
}
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"word": "discard"
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"word": "discharge"
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{
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"word": "dismiss"
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"word": "downsize"
},
{
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"word": "fire"
},
{
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"word": "give the axe"
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"word": "give someone the boot"
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{
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"word": "give someone their cards"
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"word": "pink slip"
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"word": "promote to customer"
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"word": "serve notice"
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