Definitions for lay off
lay off

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. discontinue, stop, cease, give up, quit, lay offverb

   put an end to a state or an activity

   "Quit teasing your little brother"

2. furlough, lay offverb

   dismiss, usually for economic reasons

   "She was laid off together with hundreds of other workers when the company downsized"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. lay offverb

   (of an employer) To dismiss (workers) from employment, e.g. at a time of low business volume, often with a severance package.

2. lay offverb

   (of a bookmaker) To place all or part of a bet with another bookmaker in order to reduce risk.

3. lay offverb

   To cease, quit, stop (doing something).

4. lay offverb

   To stop bothering, annoying, teasing, pestering, pressuring, being aggressive with, or hovering over someone; to leave (someone) alone.

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1. lay off

   "Lay off" generally refers to a termination of employment initiated by the employer. This is often due to insufficient work, an organizational restructuring, economic downsizing, or other factors external to the employee's performance. In many cases, a lay off is temporary and employees may be rehired when work becomes available again. However, it can also be permanent. The term can also refer to the act of ceasing or reducing a particular behavior or activity.

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of lay off in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of lay off in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of lay off in a Sentence

1. Gordon Sondland:

   Keep the quid pro quo on the low low. Got it, i just want to go on the record and say,' you guys need to lay off my boy.'.

2. Win Cramer:

   The proposed tariffs on products that make up 80 percent of our business would be catastrophic. We would be forced to lay off employees and raise prices to consumers, the factory jobs that build our products never existed in America.

3. Chuck Schumer:

   We all know that when the post office is forced to cut hours of operation or delivery routes or lay off workers, the rest of us are worse off, thankfully, for the past few months, Democrats and Republicans have been working together in good faith to reform some of the most troubled parts of Postal Service.

4. Dan Thelander:

   We'll have to lay off employees. We won't be buying as many seeds or fertilizer or tractors, and so we'll just have to scale down and operate a smaller farm, and so, yes, it'll hurt a lot.

5. Biden TransitionBiden:

   States and communities shouldn't have to lay off teachers, cops, firefighters, cut off vital services for families and businesses.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=lay off
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Lay_Off
3. ^ ChatGPT
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