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golden handshakes

golden handshakes is the plural of golden handshake.

Meaning of golden handshake

Noun

golden handshake (plural golden handshakes)

  1. (idiomatic) A generous severance payment, especially as an inducement to leave employment.
    • Lloyds TSB's 1996 accounts show that the executive fallout following the takeover of TSB by Lloyds meant the departure of two executives clutching substantial golden handshakes.1997, Labour Research, volume 86, page 6

Questions about golden handshakes

What is golden handshakes the plural of?
Golden handshakes is the plural of golden handshake.

Words near golden handshakes in the dictionary

  1. golden hammer
  2. golden hamster
  3. golden hamsters
  4. golden handcuffs
  5. golden handshake
  6. golden handshakes
  7. golden hawksbeard
  8. golden hello
  9. golden hellos
  10. Golden Hill
  11. Golden Hills

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