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1 redundant
redundant [rɪˈdʌndənt]b. ( = superfluous) [object] superflu ; [term, information] redondant* * *[rɪ'dʌndənt]1) GB Industry [worker] licencié2) ( not needed) [information, device] superflu; [land, machinery] inutilisé3) GB ( outdated) [technique, practice] inutile; [craft] dépassé4) Computing, Linguistics redondant -
2 redundant
redundant [rɪ'dʌndənt]∎ to make sb redundant (of employer) licencier qn, mettre qn au chômage; (of technology etc) entraîner le licenciement de qn;∎ to be made redundant être licencié, être mis au chômage∎ much of what you write is redundant il y a beaucoup de redites ou de répétitions dans ce que vous écrivez -
3 redundant
2 (not needed, unused) [information, device] superflu ; [land, machinery] inutilisé ; to feel redundant se sentir de trop ; -
4 redundant
∎ to be made redundant être licencié, être mis(e) au chômage -
5 redundant
((of workers) no longer employed because there is no longer any job for them where they used to work: Fifty men have just been made redundant at the local factory.) licencié -
6 downsizing
réduction f des effectifs;∎ we see downsizing as our only option if the company is to remain competitive nous considérons qu'une réduction des effectifs est la seule solution possible si nous voulons rester compétitifsMen who were anxious about changes in the structure of their organisation were also approximately twice as likely to have time off sick. But those working in a company in which downsizing was likely were conversely far less likely to take time off - presumably fearing that more sickly workers would be far more likely to be made redundant.
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7 compulsorily
См. также в других словарях:
be made redundant — ► HR to lose your job because your employer no longer needs you: »She was made redundant from the company after eight years. Main Entry: ↑redundant … Financial and business terms
redundant — re‧dun‧dant [rɪˈdʌndənt] adjective especially BrE HUMAN RESOURCES if you are made redundant, you lose your job because your employer no longer has a job for you: • The bank expects to make 15,000 staff redundant over the next three years. * * *… … Financial and business terms
redundant — 01. It s a little [redundant] to say a tiny, little dog. 02. Hundreds of young people who work in the tourist trade face [redundancy] at the end of summer. 03. The main points in your essay are a bit [redundant] because you repeat them throughout … Grammatical examples in English
redundant */*/ — UK [rɪˈdʌndənt] / US adjective 1) British if someone is redundant, they have been told they must leave their job because they are no longer needed redundant workers be made redundant: 5,000 miners were made redundant when the tin market collapsed … English dictionary
redundant — [[t]rɪdʌ̱ndənt[/t]] 1) ADJ: usu v link ADJ If you are made redundant, your employer tells you to leave because your job is no longer necessary or because your employer cannot afford to keep paying you. [BRIT] My husband was made redundant late… … English dictionary
redundant — re|dun|dant [rıˈdʌndənt] adj [Date: 1500 1600; : Latin; Origin: , present participle of redundare; REDOUND] 1.) BrE if you are redundant, your employer no longer has a job for you ▪ Seventy factory workers were made redundant in the resulting… … Dictionary of contemporary English
redundant — adjective 1 BrE if you are redundant your employer no longer has a job for you: make sb redundant: Seventy factory workers were made redundant in the resulting cuts. 2 not necessary because something else does the same thing: The word gradually… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
redundant — dismissed from employment Originally meaning, in superabundance, which an individual made redundant can hardly be: And now they ve turned you out? he asked Who said they had? I thought you said something about being made redundant.… … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms
redundant — [rɪˈdʌndənt] adj 1) British if someone is made redundant, they have been told that they must leave their job because they are no longer needed 2) not needed because the same thing or a similar thing already exists … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
redundant — ► ADJECTIVE 1) not or no longer needed or useful; superfluous. 2) chiefly Brit. made unemployed because one s job is superfluous to requirements. DERIVATIVES redundancy noun (pl. redundancies) redundantly adverb. ORIGIN originally in the sense… … English terms dictionary
redundant — adj. 1 (BrE) no longer needed for a job VERBS ▪ be ▪ become ▪ make sb ▪ the decision to make 800 employees compulsorily redundant ADVERB … Collocations dictionary