Research in Motion announced the layoff of 2000 employees and a restructuring of the company.
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Layoff
Synonyms for "layoff" (75 found)
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4 entriesTranslations
29 translations across 18 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- կրճատում noun (dismissal of employees)
Bulgarian
1 entries- съкращение noun (dismissal of employees)
Catalan
1 entries- acomiadament noun (dismissal of employees)
Chinese
1 entries- 裁員 /裁员 noun (dismissal of employees)
Danish
3 entries- afskedigelse noun (dismissal of employees)
- fyring noun (dismissal of employees)
- fyringsrunde noun (dismissal of employees)
Finnish
2 entries- irtisanominen noun (dismissal of employees)
- lomautus noun (dismissal of employees)
French
2 entries- chômage technique noun (dismissal of employees)
- licenciement économique noun (dismissal of employees)
German
3 entries- Arbeitsunterbrechung noun (dismissal of employees)
- Personalabbau noun (dismissal of employees)
- Stellenabbau noun (dismissal of employees)
Greek
1 entries- προσωρινή απόλυση noun (dismissal of employees)
Hungarian
2 entries- leépítés noun (dismissal of employees)
- létszámleépítés noun (dismissal of employees)
Interlingua
1 entries- disopero noun (dismissal of employees)
Italian
1 entries- esubero noun (dismissal of employees)
Korean
1 entries- 일시 해고 noun (dismissal of employees)
Polish
1 entries- zwolnienie noun (dismissal of employees)
Russian
2 entries- сокраще́ние noun (dismissal of employees)
- увольне́ние noun (dismissal of employees)
Spanish
3 entries- despido noun (dismissal of employees)
- recorte de personal noun (dismissal of employees)
- reducción del plantel noun (dismissal of employees)
Swedish
1 entries- uppsägning noun (dismissal of employees)
Ukrainian
2 entries- звільнення noun (dismissal of employees)
- скорочення noun (dismissal of employees)
Sample sentences
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One of the muscles on the point of the shoulder was torn loose and it didn't need more than a glance to see that Mr. Hickey was in for a long lay-off. He wouldn't pitch again for quite a spell, if ever;
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But even the return of skipper Steven Gerrard from a six-week injury layoff could not inspire Liverpool
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After a ten-month layoff, during which extensive testing had taken place in conjunction with AEI, the 'Blue Trains' resumed full operation on October 2 1961, [...].
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