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lay off

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dismiss, usually for economic reasons

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Variants

synonym
furloughstop
pasttense
layed off
presentparticiple
laying off
thirdpersonsingular
lays off
pastparticiple
layed off

Framework definitions

Wordset Dictionary2 sensesview framework →
§1
dismiss, usually for economic reasons
§2
put an end to a state or an activity
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
dismiss, usually for economic reasons
DR-088 backfill from the verb definition column

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