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layoff
What does layoff mean?
layoff (noun): a dismissal of employees from their jobs because of tightened budgetary constraints or work shortage (not due to poor performance or misconduct).
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What does “layoff” mean?
a dismissal of employees from their jobs because of tightened budgetary constraints or work shortage (not due to poor performance or misconduct)
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a person or organization that pays all or part of the cost of an event, publication, media program, etc., usually in exchange for advertising
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