layoff

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of LAYOFF

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

Related Words pink slip; bird [chiefly British], boot, bum's rush, downsizing, firing, heave-ho, sack; closing, shutdown; shakeout, shake-up

Near Antonyms callback, recall, reemployment, rehire, rehiring

a period of often involuntary inactivity or idleness <after such a long layoff the boxer badly needed to get back into shape>

Synonyms layoff, time-out, winter

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