severance pay

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

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

Equivalents

Españolemolumento debido a cesantía finiquito indemnización por cesantíaprestaciones remuneración a causa de cesantía resarcimiento de cesantía

Françaisindemnité de licenciement

DeutschAbfindung

10 more languages

العربيةمُكافَأَة نِهَايَة الْخِدْمَة

Češtinaodstupné

Suomieroraha irtisanomiskorvaus irtisanomisraha

Bahasa Indonesiapesangon uang pesangon

Italianobuonuscita trattamento di fine rapporto m usually shortened to TFR

한국어퇴직금

Nederlandsontslagvergoeding

Portuguêsverba rescisória

Русскийкомпенсация 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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