"lay off" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [Anglais]

IPA: \ˌleɪ ˈɔf\, \ˌleɪ ˈɑf\, \ˌleɪ ˈɒf\ Audio: En-au-lay off.ogg Forms: to lay off [infinitive], lays off [present, third-person, singular], laid off [preterite], laid off [participle, past], laying off [participle, present]
  1. Licencier.
    Sense id: fr-lay_off-en-verb-R-PwIF3A Categories (other): Wiktionnaire:Exemples manquants en anglais, Anglais des États-Unis
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: fire, give the sack, make redundant, sack Derived forms: layoff Related terms: redundancy

Inflected forms

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      "word": "hire"
    },
    {
      "word": "take on"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
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      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Compositions en anglais",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
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      "parents": [],
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    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Locutions verbales en anglais",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Verbes transitifs en anglais",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Verbes à particule en anglais",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Anglais",
      "orig": "anglais",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "layoff"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "(Date à préciser)Composé de lay et de off."
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "to lay off",
      "ipas": [
        "\\ˌleɪ ˈɔf\\"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lays off",
      "ipas": [
        "\\ˌleɪz ˈɔf\\"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "third-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "laid off",
      "ipas": [
        "\\ˌleɪd ˈɔf\\"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "preterite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "laid off",
      "ipas": [
        "\\ˌleɪd ˈɔf\\"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "laying off",
      "ipas": [
        "\\ˌleɪ.ɪŋ ˈɔf\\"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Anglais",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "pos_title": "Locution verbale",
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    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Royaume-Uni"
      ],
      "word": "redundancy"
    }
  ],
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      "categories": [
        {
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          "name": "Wiktionnaire:Exemples manquants en anglais",
          "parents": [],
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        },
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          "orig": "anglais des États-Unis",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Licencier."
      ],
      "id": "fr-lay_off-en-verb-R-PwIF3A",
      "raw_tags": [
        "États-Unis"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "\\ˌleɪ ˈɔf\\",
      "raw_tags": [
        "États-Unis"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "\\ˌleɪ ˈɑf\\",
      "raw_tags": [
        "États-Unis"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "\\ˌleɪ ˈɒf\\",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Royaume-Uni"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-au-lay off.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/89/En-au-lay_off.ogg/En-au-lay_off.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/En-au-lay off.ogg",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Australie"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "raw_tags": [
        "États-Unis"
      ],
      "word": "fire"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Royaume-Uni"
      ],
      "word": "give the sack"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Royaume-Uni"
      ],
      "word": "make redundant"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Royaume-Uni"
      ],
      "word": "sack"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "transitive"
  ],
  "word": "lay off"
}
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      "word": "hire"
    },
    {
      "word": "take on"
    }
  ],
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    "Dates manquantes en anglais",
    "Locutions verbales en anglais",
    "Verbes transitifs en anglais",
    "Verbes à particule en anglais",
    "anglais"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "layoff"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "(Date à préciser)Composé de lay et de off."
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "to lay off",
      "ipas": [
        "\\ˌleɪ ˈɔf\\"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lays off",
      "ipas": [
        "\\ˌleɪz ˈɔf\\"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "third-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "laid off",
      "ipas": [
        "\\ˌleɪd ˈɔf\\"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "preterite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "laid off",
      "ipas": [
        "\\ˌleɪd ˈɔf\\"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "laying off",
      "ipas": [
        "\\ˌleɪ.ɪŋ ˈɔf\\"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Anglais",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "pos_title": "Locution verbale",
  "related": [
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Royaume-Uni"
      ],
      "word": "redundancy"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Wiktionnaire:Exemples manquants en anglais",
        "anglais des États-Unis"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Licencier."
      ],
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        "États-Unis"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "\\ˌleɪ ˈɔf\\",
      "raw_tags": [
        "États-Unis"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "\\ˌleɪ ˈɑf\\",
      "raw_tags": [
        "États-Unis"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "\\ˌleɪ ˈɒf\\",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Royaume-Uni"
      ]
    },
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      "audio": "En-au-lay off.ogg",
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      "raw_tags": [
        "Australie"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "raw_tags": [
        "États-Unis"
      ],
      "word": "fire"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Royaume-Uni"
      ],
      "word": "give the sack"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Royaume-Uni"
      ],
      "word": "make redundant"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Royaume-Uni"
      ],
      "word": "sack"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "transitive"
  ],
  "word": "lay off"
}

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