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n. The act of suspending or dismissing an employee, as for lack of work or because of corporate reorganization.

n. A period of temporary inactivity or rest.

n. A dismissal of employees from their jobs because of tightened budgetary constraints or work shortage (not due to poor performance or misconduct).

n. A period of time when someone is unavailable for work.

n. A short pass that has been rolled in front of another player for them to kick.

n. the act of laying off an employee or a work force

"Laughing, The funding from the layoff is nothing compared to what CxP need to do anything."

closure    closedown    closing    shutdown   

lay off   

downsizing    reduction in force   

payoff    playoff   

downsizing    unemployment    cutback    downturn    closings    foreclosures    secondment    outages    reorganization    joblessness