LAYOFF | Meaning In The Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of layoff in English layoffnoun (also lay-off) uk /ˈleɪ.ɒf/ us /ˈleɪ.ɑːf/

layoff noun (work)

Add to word list Add to word list [ C often plural ] an occasion when a company stops employing someone, sometimes temporarily, because the company does not have enough money or enough work: The recent economic crisis has led to massive layoffs. [ C usually singular ] a period when someone is not working or playing sport: Foster is playing again after a six-week layoff due to injury. Firing staff

• arse
• axe
• be out on your ear idiom
• cast someone adrift idiom
• constructive dismissal
• decertification
• ease someone out phrasal verb
• elbow someone out phrasal verb
• fire someone from something
• firing
• get the push idiom
• pasture
• recertify
• refire
• relieve
• relieve someone of something phrasal verb
• removal
• remove
• terminate
• termination

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layoff noun (FOOTBALL)

in football, a short gentle pass into a space that another player from your team can run forward into, then move forward with the ball or shoot towards the goal without slowing down or stopping Football/soccer

• 18-yard box
• 2 3 5
• 4 3 2 1
• 4 4 2
• 4 5 1
• foosball
• football boot
• football match
• football player
• football pools
• nutmeg
• powerchair football
• premiership
• professional foul
• promedios
• sweeper
• the Football League
• the Poznań
• the Premier League
• woodwork

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layoff | American Dictionary

layoffnoun [ C usually pl ] us /ˈleiˌɔf/ Add to word list Add to word list an act of ending a worker’s job, esp. when the worker has done nothing wrong: Executives say no layoffs are expected as a result of the merger. (Definition of layoff from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

layoff | Business English

layoffnoun [ C ]   HR   (also lay-off) uk /ˈleɪɒf/ us Add to word list Add to word list the act of ending a worker's job, sometimes temporarily, usually because there is not enough work to do: Workers have been warned to expect further layoffs. Layoff notices are expected when business slows after Christmas. a period when someone is not working because their job ended or they were forced to leave it: long/short/temporary layoff A long layoff can help a budget but it can make workers less productive when they return. (Definition of layoff from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of layoff

layoff About half of the layoffs took place in the construction materials and capital goods industries. From the Cambridge English Corpus Were these responsible for peculiar labor market phenomena like layoffs and the reluctance of employers to reduce wages? From the Cambridge English Corpus With the former, layoffs are likely to consist of predominantly low-quality firm-worker matches, whereas with the latter, both high- and low-quality matches may be involved. From the Cambridge English Corpus With the sharp rise in layoffs in the early 1930s the chances of re-employment declined for all the unemployed. From the Cambridge English Corpus Older workers are often targeted for layoffs, sometimes with redundancy packages. From the Cambridge English Corpus Traditional mechanisms of adjustment (limiting layoffs to non-core sectors, transfer of the lowest value-added sectors overseas) have proved inadequate to the crisis. From the Cambridge English Corpus Central to these reforms was the legalization of layoffs for 'managerial reasons'. From the Cambridge English Corpus Apart from legalizing layoffs, the labour 'dispatch' system was introduced. From the Cambridge English Corpus Demand collapsed and prices plummeted, resulting in massive layoffs, short-time working, cuts in piece rates and widespread, unsuccessful industrial unrest. From the Cambridge English Corpus Arsenals experienced severe labor shortages among skilled workers because of voluntary quits, layoffs, and involuntary separations. From the Cambridge English Corpus Voters in these areas may well, and rationally, anticipate layoffs as the transition continues, even in privatized firms. From the Cambridge English Corpus The major limitation of this programme is that it has been restricted to designated layoffs in particular regions where local employment difficulties have attracted political attention from provincial governments. From the Cambridge English Corpus Thus, trade unions are concerned with and often struggle against cuts in consumer subsidies, price rises, reductions in wages and allowances, layoffs, and government interference in union affairs. From the Cambridge English Corpus Such perspective, later labeled 'globalism' by critiques, were politically consequential that it soon became widely cited to justify some less favored governmental policies (deregulation) and corporate decisions (outsourcing and layoffs). From the Cambridge English Corpus In addition, they are afraid of their employ security from this enormous layoff. From the Cambridge English Corpus See all examples of layoff These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. What is the pronunciation of layoff?

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in Chinese (Traditional) 解僱，解聘，下崗, 停工期, 歇工期… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 解雇，解聘，下岗, 停工期, 歇工期… See more in Spanish despido, período de inactividad, despido [masculine… See more in Portuguese demissão, dispensa de funcionário, inatividade… See more in Turkish in French in Japanese in Dutch in Czech in Danish in Indonesian in Thai in Vietnamese in Polish in Swedish in Malay in German in Norwegian in Ukrainian işten çıkarmak/atmak… See more licenciement [masculine]… See more 一時解雇（いちじ かいこ）する, やめる… See more tijdelijk ontslaan… See more propustit z práce… See more afskedige… See more memecat… See more ไล่ออก… See more tạm sa thải… See more zwolnić czasowo… See more friställa… See more memecat… See more entlassen… See more oppsigelse [masculine]… See more звільнити з роботи тимчасово… See more Need a translator?

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