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51lay-off — n redundancy, discharge, dismissal, unemployment COLLOQ. the sack, sacking, jotters, cards, papers, firing, the push, the boot, the elbow …
52Roger Ebert Should Lay Off the Fatty Foods — Infobox Television episode Title = Roger Ebert Should Lay Off the Fatty Foods Series = South Park Caption = Cartman trying out for the Cheesy Poof commercial Season = 2 Episode = 24 Airdate = September 2, 1998 Production = 211 Writer = Trey… …
53lay off, layoff — Bets made by one bookmaker with another bookmaker, in an effort to reduce his liability in respect of bets already laid by him with investors …
54lay-off pay — US for redundancy payment …
55lay off something — …
56lay — [leɪ] verb laid PTandPP lay somebody → off phrasal verb [transitive] HUMAN RESOURCES to stop employing a worker, usually when there is not enough work for them to do: • The group plans to lay off 10% of its workforce. see also …
57lay — Ⅰ. lay [1] ► VERB (past and past part. laid) 1) put down, especially gently or carefully. 2) put down and set in position for use. 3) assign or place: lay the blame. 4) (lay before) present (material) for consideration and action to …
58lay — lay1 [lā] vt. laid, laying [ME leyen, new formation < 3d pers. sing. of earlier leggen < OE lecgan, lit., to make lie (akin to Goth lagjan, Ger legen) < pt. base of OE licgan, to LIE1] 1. to cause to come down or fall with force; knock… …
59lay someone off — lay (someone) off to force a worker to give up a job, usually because of high costs or other business reasons. 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… …
60lay somebody off — ˌlay sbˈoff derived to stop employing sb because there is not enough work for them to do Syn: make somebody redundant • 200 workers at the factory have been laid off. related noun ↑lay off Main entry: ↑ …
