She was laid off along with many others when the company moved to California.
Our choices are to lay off ten workers, or raise our prices by 10%.
New idioms dictionary. 2014.
lay off — [v1] stop doing cease, desist, end, give a rest, give up, halt, leave alone, leave off, let up, lie by, quit, rest, spell; concepts 119,234 Ant. begin, start lay off [v2] relieve of responsibility discharge, dismiss, drop, fire, let go, oust, pay … New thesaurus
lay-off — n an occasion when an employer ends a worker s employment for a temporary period of time because there is not enough work ▪ more lay offs in the car industry →lay off … Dictionary of contemporary English
Lay-off — auch: Lay|off 〈[lɛıɔ̣f] n. 15〉 vorübergehende Entlassung von Arbeitskräften [engl.] … Universal-Lexikon
lay-off — ˈlay off , layoff noun [countable] HUMAN RESOURCES the act of stopping a worker s employment because there is not enough work for them to do: • a layoff affecting more than 500 workers • Some employees at the company are getting layoff notices ( … Financial and business terms
Lay-off — auch: Lay|off 〈[lɛıɔ̣f] n.; Gen.: s, Pl.: s〉 vorübergehende Entlassung von Arbeitskräften [Etym.: engl.] … Lexikalische Deutsches Wörterbuch
lay|off — «LAY F, OF», noun. 1. a dismissing of workers temporarily: »The majority of those affected will be seasoned employees whose layoff dates will be advanced from one to two months as compared with last year (Wall Street Journal). 2. a time during… … Useful english dictionary
lay off — ► lay off 1) discharge (a worker) temporarily or permanently because of a shortage of work. 2) informal give up. Main Entry: ↑lay … English terms dictionary
lay off — (something) to stop doing or using something. She usually runs several miles every day but lays off in the hot weather … New idioms dictionary
lay off — index dislodge, dismiss (discharge), recess, suspend Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
lay-off — s. m. 1. Período de inatividade. 2. Suspensão temporária de um empregado. 3. Nos Estados Unidos, grupo formado para determinado fim. ‣ Etimologia: palavra inglesa … Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa
