It's just not right to fire Tom without giving him severance pay.
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Severance
//ˈsɛv.ɚ.əns//
Synonyms for "severance" (86 found)
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Closest matches (18)
Strong matches (25)
Related words (43)
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5 entriesSynonyms
3 entriesderived
2 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
15 entriesTranslations
46 translations across 15 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- отделяне noun (act of severing)
- откъсване noun (act of severing)
- разделяне noun (separation)
Campidanese Sardinian
1 entries- truncamentu noun (separation)
Dutch
4 entries- (het) los zijn noun (act of severing)
- (het) lossnijden noun (act of severing)
- scheiding noun (act of severing)
- scheiding noun (separation)
Finnish
3 entries- ero noun (separation)
- irrottaminen noun (act of severing)
- katkaiseminen noun (act of severing)
Gallurese
1 entries- mutzatura noun (separation)
German
3 entries- Scheidung noun (act of severing)
- Trennung noun (act of severing)
- Trennung noun (separation)
Greek
3 entries- αποκοπή noun (act of severing)
- αποκοπή noun (separation)
- διαχωρισμός noun (separation)
Hungarian
4 entries- elkülönítés noun (separation)
- elkülönülés noun (separation)
- elszakadás noun (separation)
- elvágás noun (act of severing)
Italian
1 entries- separazione noun (separation)
Japanese
2 entries- 分離 noun (separation)
- 切断 noun (act of severing)
Polish
4 entries- oddzielenie noun (act of severing)
- odseparowanie noun (separation)
- rozdzielenie noun (act of severing)
- separacja noun (separation)
Russian
3 entries- отделе́ние noun (act of severing)
- отделе́ние noun (separation)
- разрыв noun (separation)
Sardinian
1 entries- truncadura noun (separation)
Spanish
3 entries- cercenadura noun (act of severing)
- cercenamiento noun (act of severing)
- truncamiento noun (act of severing)
Turkish
1 entries- ayrılma noun (separation)
Sample sentences
10 total sentences available.
You'll be given two weeks severance pay.
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How much severance pay did you get?
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We offered Tom a month's severance pay.
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