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Meaning of severance pay | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

Money paid as compensation to someone whose employment is ended, often in exchange of waiver.

uncountable

Equivalents

العربية مُكافَأَة نِهَايَة الْخِدْمَة
Čeština odstupné
Deutsch Abfindung
Español emolumento debido a cesantía finiquito indemnización por cesantía prestaciones remuneración a causa de cesantía resarcimiento de cesantía
Suomi eroraha irtisanomiskorvaus irtisanomisraha
Français indemnité de licenciement
Bahasa Indonesia pesangon uang pesangon
Italiano buonuscita trattamento di fine rapporto m usually shortened to TFR
한국어 퇴직금
Nederlands ontslagvergoeding
Polski odprawa
Português verba rescisória
Русский компенсация при увольнении

Examples

“The only case for severance pay on top is that fortunes in public life are so uncertain that some MPs might be discouraged from seeking office if there weren’t any cushion.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

severance payment severance tax Severances severation severe severe acute respiratory syndrome

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