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• lay 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 …   English dictionary

• lay 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 …   English dictionary

• 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 (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… …   New idioms dictionary

• 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 — ► NOUN 1) a temporary or permanent discharge of a worker or workers. 2) a temporary break from an activity …   English terms dictionary

• lay 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: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• lay off — 1) (smb) get rid of workers when business is bad Six hundred workers at the automobile factory were recently laid off. 2) stop bothering, leave alone The players were told by the coach to lay off teasing the new player so that he could relax… …   Idioms and examples

• lay 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}… …   Dictionary of American idioms

• lay 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}… …   Dictionary of American idioms

• lay\ 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 To stop… …   Словарь американских идиом