severance payment
collocation in Englishmeaningsofseveranceandpayment
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severance
noun[U]
uk/ˈsev.ər.əns/us/ˈsev.ɚ.əns/
money paid by an employer to an employee whose job the employer has had to bring to ...
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payment
noun
uk/ˈpeɪ.mənt/us/ˈpeɪ.mənt/
an amount of ...
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(Definition ofseveranceandpaymentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Rather, the employees want to receive as large aseverancepaymentas possible.
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I am not aware of aseverancepaymentever having been refused.
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Would the men be entitled toseverancepaymentor not?
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One could argue that unemployment benefit in itself is aseverancepayment.
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No proposal to make aseverancepaymenthas been received.
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The grant is not, of course, aseverancepaymentor one for redundancy.
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He was paid aseverancepaymentcalculated in accordance with the rules of the civil service compensation scheme.
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There are noseverancepaymentschemes or redundancy payment schemes for him.
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It is good to see the promise of a generous retirement andseverancepaymentscheme.
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If such aseverancepaymentis made to one area, it will inevitably affect other aspects.
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It is that we hope to arrange for theseverancepaymentto be non-taxable.
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That figure is made up of 18 months salary worth £90,000, a furtherseverancepaymentof £90,000 and a first year's pension of £30,000.
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It is also fair to point out that the firm is making some form ofseverancepaymentto the staff.
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Theseverancepaymentis taken into account if supplementary benefit is claimed.
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On his early retirement he received a lump sum from his pension scheme and also aseverancepayment.
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Apparently, we are to haveseverancepaymentto employees who become redundant.
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We also criticised theseverancepaymentto the former chief executive who had a key responsibility.
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He resigned, which might indeed be considered the honourable thing to do—but he then received aseverancepayment.
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