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11lay-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 …
12lay off — lay•off [[t]ˈleɪˌɔf, ˌɒf[/t]] n. 1) the act of dismissing employees, esp. temporarily 2) a period of enforced unemployment • Etymology: 1885–90 …
13lay-off — ► NOUN 1) a temporary or permanent discharge of a worker or workers. 2) a temporary break from an activity …
14lay off — verb 1. put an end to a state or an activity (Freq. 3) Quit teasing your little brother • Syn: ↑discontinue, ↑stop, ↑cease, ↑give up, ↑quit • Ant: ↑ …
15lay off — phrasal verb Word forms lay off : present tense I/you/we/they lay off he/she/it lays off present participle laying off past tense laid off past participle laid off 1) [transitive] to end someone s employment, especially temporarily, because there …
16lay off — informal 1) I have to lay off beer Syn: give up, abstain from, desist from, cut out 2) I lay off work at 5 Syn: quit, pack in, leave off, stop 3) lay off, you big jerk! …
17lay off — 1) PHRASAL VERB If workers are laid off, they are told by their employers to leave their job, usually because there is no more work for them to do. → See also layoff [be V ed P] 100,000 federal workers will be laid off to reduce the deficit... [V …
18lay-off — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms lay off : singular lay off plural lay offs 1) a situation in which an employer ends a worker s employment, especially temporarily, because there is not enough work for them 2) a period of time when you are not… …
19lay off — {v. phr.} 1. To mark out the boundaries or limits. * /He laid off a baseball diamond on the vacant lot./ Compare: LAY OUT(5). 2. To put out of work. * /The company lost the contract for making the shoes and laid off half its workers./ 3. {slang}… …
20lay off — {v. phr.} 1. To mark out the boundaries or limits. * /He laid off a baseball diamond on the vacant lot./ Compare: LAY OUT(5). 2. To put out of work. * /The company lost the contract for making the shoes and laid off half its workers./ 3. {slang}… …
