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layoff

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6 lettersPart of speech nounSorted affloyStarts with LEnds with F0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

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

Word origin

Deverbal from lay off.

Used in a sentence

  • One of the muscles on the point of the shoulder was torn loose and it didn't need more than a glance to see that Mr. Hickey was in for a long lay-off. He wouldn't pitch again for quite a spell, if ever;
  • But even the return of skipper Steven Gerrard from a six-week injury layoff could not inspire Liverpool
  • After a ten-month layoff, during which extensive testing had taken place in conjunction with AEI, the 'Blue Trains' resumed full operation on October 2 1961, [...].

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