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layoff noun banishment, cashiering, cessation, discarding, discharge, discontinuance, disemployment, dismissal, displacement, ejection, ejectment, elimination, expulsion, firing, halt, idling, interruption, letting go, ouster, rejection, release, removal, riddance, stoppage, suspension of employment, temporary deprivation, temporary discharge, temporary suspension, termination, termination of employment
Associated concepts: suspension, temporary layoff

See also: discharge, dismissal, removal

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layoff (redirected from downsizing)

layoff
(redirected from downsizing)