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severance pay

severance pay noun: money paid as compensation to someone whose employment is ended, often in exchange of waiver.

Noun

severance pay (uncountable)

  1. Money paid as compensation to someone whose employment is ended, often in exchange of waiver.
    • The only case for severance pay on top is that fortunes in public life are so uncertain that some MPs might be discouraged from seeking office if there weren’t any cushion.2008, Tom Clark, The Guardian, G2, 15 Jan 2008, p. 3

severance pay meaning in Tamil, Arabic and Indonesian

severance pay in Tamil

பணி துண்டிப்பு ஊதியம்

severance pay in Arabic

money paid to employee as compensation
مُكافَأَة نِهَايَة الْخِدْمَة mukāfaʔat nihāyat al-ḵidma

severance pay in Indonesian

money paid to employee as compensation
uang pesangon

Synonyms of severance pay

Questions about severance pay

What does severance pay mean?
Severance pay means money paid as compensation to someone whose employment is ended, often in exchange of waiver.
What is severance pay in Tamil?
Severance pay in Tamil is பணி துண்டிப்பு ஊதியம். See Severance pay meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is severance pay?
Severance pay is a noun.

Words near severance pay in the dictionary

  1. severalth
  2. severalties
  3. severalty
  4. Severan
  5. severance
  6. severance pay
  7. severance payment
  8. severance payments
  9. severance tax
  10. severance taxes
  11. severances

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