'layoff' definitions:
Definition of 'layoff'
(from WordNet)
noun
The act of laying off an employee or a work force
Synonyms of 'layoff'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abeyance,
- break,
- caesura,
- cashiering,
- cease-fire,
- conge,
- cyclical unemployment,
- day off,
- deposal,
- discharge,
- disemployment,
- dismissal,
- displacing,
- drop,
- drumming out,
- firing,
- forced separation,
- furlough,
- furloughing,
- hesitation,
- holiday,
- inoccupation,
- interim,
- interlude,
- intermezzo,
- intermission,
- intermittence,
- interruption,
- interval,
- lapse,
- letup,
- lull,
- normal unemployment,
- pause,
- pink slip,
- recess,
- remission,
- removal,
- respite,
- rest,
- retirement,
- seasonal unemployment,
- stand-down,
- stay,
- surplusing,
- suspension,
- technological unemployment,
- the ax,
- the boot,
- the bounce,
- the gate,
- the sack,
- ticket,
- truce,
- unemployment,
- unemployment insurance,
- vacation,
- walking papers