(laying off)
1laying off — Suspending or terminating the employment of workers because there is no work for them to do. If the laying off involves a permanent termination of employment, redundancy payments will be involved …
2laying off — The election and designation of a homestead. 26 Am J1st Home §§ 87 et seq. An employer s act in terminating the employment temporarily. A slang term for desisting from critical comments. A gambler s term for not placing a wager on a particular… …
3laying-off season — /leɪɪŋ ˈɒf sizən/ (say laying of seezuhn) noun that period of the year during which seasonal workers, as cane cutters, fruit pickers, etc., are laid off …
4laying off — stopping, pausing; dismissing of workers, cutting back on the number of workers …
5laying-off — Terminating workers because there is no work …
6laying out — Locating and establishing a new highway. Borrowdale v Board of County Comrs. 23 NM 1, 163 P 721. See laying off …
7Laying worker bee — A laying worker bee is a worker bee that lays unfertilized eggs usually in the absence of a queen bee. Only drones develop from the eggs of laying worker bees (with some exceptions, see thelytoky). A beehive cannot survive with only a laying… …
8Laying on of hands — Hand Hand (h[a^]nd), n. [AS. hand, hond; akin to D., G., & Sw. hand, OHG. hant, Dan. haand, Icel. h[ o]nd, Goth. handus, and perh. to Goth. hin[thorn]an to seize (in comp.). Cf. {Hunt}.] 1. That part of the fore limb below the forearm or wrist in …
9Off hand — Hand Hand (h[a^]nd), n. [AS. hand, hond; akin to D., G., & Sw. hand, OHG. hant, Dan. haand, Icel. h[ o]nd, Goth. handus, and perh. to Goth. hin[thorn]an to seize (in comp.). Cf. {Hunt}.] 1. That part of the fore limb below the forearm or wrist in …
10Off one's hands — Hand Hand (h[a^]nd), n. [AS. hand, hond; akin to D., G., & Sw. hand, OHG. hant, Dan. haand, Icel. h[ o]nd, Goth. handus, and perh. to Goth. hin[thorn]an to seize (in comp.). Cf. {Hunt}.] 1. That part of the fore limb below the forearm or wrist in …
