Research in Motion announced the layoff of 2000 employees and a restructuring of the company.
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Layoff
Synonyms for "layoff" (82 found)
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Closest matches (17)
abeyanceaxbootbreakcaesuracashieringcease firecease-firecongecyclical unemploymentday offdeposaldischargedisemploymentdismissal
Strong matches (24)
Noun(5 words)
Related words (41)
Noun(11 words)
let gopauseput on holdshort-term layoffstaff reductionstopsuspendtemporary layoffterminateterminationsunemployment period
letuplullnormal unemploymentpausepink sliprecessremissionremovalrespiterestretirementsackseasonal unemploymentstand downstand-downstaysurplusingsuspensiontechnological unemploymentthe ax
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the bootthe bouncethe gatethe sacktickettruceunemploymentunemployment insurancevacationwalking papers
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More general
11 entriesclosedownclosingclosuredirectivedismissalemployment actioninstructionproduction haltshutdownterminationunemployment
More specific
11 entrieslay off criticismlay off jokeslong layoffmass layoffreduction in forcescheduled downtimeseasonal layoffshort layoffshort term pausetemporary layoffworkforce reduction
Collocations
7 entrieslayoff noticelayoff packagemass layoffpermanent layoffplanned layoffstaff reductiontemporary layoff
Inflections
4 entriesDerivations
2 entrieslaid-offlay off
Sample sentences
5 total sentences available.
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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