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severance

[sev-er-uhns, sev-ruhns] / ˈsɛv ər əns, ˈsɛv rəns /


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Florida; Nevada; Texas; and Utah in a lurch with little notice, no severance and scrambling to fulfill a surge of orders from customers clamoring to get their last tastes.

From Los Angeles Times

She received six months’ salary as severance, she said.

From The Wall Street Journal

She might have jumped with another offer in hand but, without one, she waited for the ax to fall and got three months’ severance.

From The Wall Street Journal

Many did not see the severance of this partnership coming - and certainly not the timing.

From BBC

And private-sector workers who were laid off in the spring or summer are running through their own severance packages.

From The Wall Street Journal