pink slip
pink slip noun: a notice of termination of employment.
Noun
pink slip (plural pink slips)
- A notice of termination of employment.
- Pink slips are being handed out faster in corporate America than you can say, “Recession? What recession?”2003, Erica Orloff, Kathy Levinson, The 60-Second Commute: A Guide to Your 24/7 Home Office Life, page 139
- From 2002 to 2004, many individuals received pink slips as a result of a slow economy.2008, Chioma Isiadinso, The Best Business Schools' Admissions Secrets, page 4
- Synonyms:
- P45
- The title document for an automobile.
- But when she visited the bank, all she found inside were the pink slip to her car, a passport she′d acquired two years ago before a vacation trip to Australia and a few other documents.1997, Jacqueline Diamond, Million-Dollar Mommy, Harlequin, unnumbered page
- An automobile roadworthiness inspection certificate.
- My car mechanic does the pink slip for my bike - he doesn't know anything about them but does know that I keep it in tip top condition.2001 March 21, Sharon, “Obtaining Pink Slip”, in aus.motorcycles (Usenet)
- If the car is still currently registered, then you can drive it to anyone, anywhere to get the pink slip. If its just out of registration ( within 3 months of the rego expiring) then you take it to the nearest one ( or so they say)2002 March 3, Terry, “Pink slip inspection?”, in aus.legal (Usenet)
Verb
pink slip (third-person singular simple present pink slips, present participle pink slipping, simple past and past participle pink slipped)
- To terminate the employment of.
- After a week of anxiously watching the mailbox through little Japanese binoculars his wife had given him for a going-away present (she'd left him the day after he was pink-slipped) and getting nothing but sucker-list stuff through the regular deliveries that came each noon, he was jolted out of a...1966 March, Thomas Pynchon, The Crying of Lot 49, New York, N.Y.: Bantam Books, published November 1976, →ISBN, page 84
pink slip meaning in Tamil and Thai
pink slip in Tamil
- இளஞ்சிவப்பு நிரத்தில் இருப்பதால், அவ்வியக்கூர்தி குறித்த தகவல்களையும்
pink slip in Thai
- notice of termination of employment
- ซองขาว sɔɔng-kǎao
Synonyms of pink slip
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Forms of pink slip
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | pink slips |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | pink slips |
| present participle | pink slipping |
| past participle | pink slipped |
| past | pink slipped |
Origin of pink slip
From pink + slip (“piece of paper”), referring to the colour of the paper, in some cases as it was in past, and not necessarily present, practice. * (automobile title): Most likely from California, where the title is printed on a smaller index-card sized piece of pink paper; in other states the title is typically a full-size 8 1/2" x 11" sheet, usually printed on blue or blue-green paper with borders, similar to a stock certificate.
Questions about pink slip
- What does pink slip mean?
- Pink slip means a notice of termination of employment.
- What is pink slip in Tamil?
- Pink slip in Tamil is இளஞ்சிவப்பு நிரத்தில் இருப்பதால், அவ்வியக்கூர்தி குறித்த தகவல்களையும். See Pink slip meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is pink slip?
- Pink slip can be a noun or a verb.
- What is the plural of pink slip?
- The plural of pink slip is pink slips.
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