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severance pay

sev·er·ance pay
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [sev-er-uh ns, sev-ruh ns pey]
    • /ˈsɛv ər əns, ˈsɛv rəns peɪ/
    • /ˈsev.ər.əns peɪ/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [sev-er-uh ns, sev-ruh ns pey]
    • /ˈsɛv ər əns, ˈsɛv rəns peɪ/

Definitions of severance pay words

  • noun severance pay money, exclusive of wages, back pay, etc., paid to an employee who has tenure and who is dismissed because of lack of work or other reasons beyond the employee's control. 1
  • noun severance pay compensation paid by an organization to an employee who leaves because, through no fault of his own, the job to which he was appointed ceases to exist, as during rationalization, and no comparable job is available to him 0
  • noun severance pay extra pay given to employees who are dismissed through no fault of their own, usually based on length of time employed 0
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Origin of severance pay

First appearance:

before 1940
One of the 7% newest English words
First recorded in 1940-45

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Parts of speech for Severance pay

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Severance pay

severance pay popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 34% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 60% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

severance pay usage trend in Literature

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