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layoff

noun

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1 the termination of the employment of an employee or a work force often temporarily

even senior employees lost their jobs in the massive layoff

Synonyms of layoff

ax (or axe), discharge, dismissal, furlough, redundancy [chiefly British]

Words Related to layoff

pink slip

bird [chiefly British], boot, bum's rush, downsizing, firing, heave-ho, sack

closing, shutdown

shakeout, shake-up

Near Antonyms of layoff

callback, recall, reemployment, rehire, rehiring

2 a period of often involuntary inactivity or idleness

after such a long layoff the boxer badly needed to get back into shape

Synonyms of layoff

downtime, time-out, winter

Words Related to layoff

break, breath, breather, interruption, lull, pause, recess

abeyance, doldrums, dormancy, latency, quiescence, suspense, suspension

lay off

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of lay off

to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end

you need to lay off eating those jelly doughnuts, or you'll end up looking like one

Synonyms of lay off

break, break off, break up, can [slang], cease, cut off, cut out, desist (from), discontinue, drop, end, give over, halt, knock off, leave off, pack (up or in), quit, shut off, stop

Words Related to lay off

complete, conclude, finish

close (down)

deactivate

block, blockade, dam, delay, detain, hinder, hold, hold back, impede, kibosh, obstruct, stem

call, suspend

arrest, brake, check, clamp down, rein (in), squash, squelch, stamp, stanch (or staunch), stunt, suppress, turn back

pause, stay, suspend

abolish, abort, annul, demolish, destroy, dissolve, kill, ruin, scuttle, snuff

Phrases Synonymous with lay off

have done with, put the kibosh on

Near Antonyms of lay off

carry on, continue, follow through (with), keep up, run on

advance, proceed, progress

actuate, drive, impel, propel, stir

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