• A discharge, especially temporary, of a worker or workers.


    Layoff meaning & definition 1 of Layoff.


  • The practice used by [marginally] [profitable] companies to [compensate] for ineffective management by releasing people from their employment.

    Layoff meaning & definition 2 of Layoff.


  • [Means] to be [fired] from [the job]

    Layoff meaning & definition 3 of Layoff.


  • Discharge a worker because of economic conditions or shortage of work.

    Layoff meaning & definition 4 of Layoff.


  • an occasion when a company stops employing someone, sometimes temporarily, because the company does not have enough money or enough work:

    Layoff meaning & definition 5 of Layoff.

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