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ˈlay-off
[lay v.1 54.]
A rest, respite, spell of relaxation; a period during which a workman is temporarily dismissed or allowed to leave his work; a part or season of the year during which activity in a particular business or game is partly or completely suspended.
1889Gallup (New Mexico) Gleaner 27 Mar. 1/3 Fred Diamond is taking a lay-off. 1904Minneapolis Daily Times 8 June 8 The men who have been on for a year get a vacation of ten days. Those who have been working less than a year have to get along with only a five-day layoff. 1908‘O. Henry’ Gentle Grafter vii. 285 Me and my partner..tried to take a layoff from our professional and business duties; but..our work followed us wherever we went. 1909R. A. Wason Happy Hawkins 148 Now take a lay-off if you want to,..then come back here. 1919T. K. Holmes Man from Tall Timber vi. 58 At the lay-off,..he had given each man enough money on account to make their vacation..a very wet spell indeed. 1923Daily Mail 10 Sept. 8/5 As a consequence of the ‘lay-off’ during the summer months it often happens that the muscles of the young player are not sufficiently supple for him to face the rigours of the game. 1926J. Black You can't Win xix. 297, I decided to take a lay-off [from burgling]. 1927Sunday Express 8 May 10/3 Although his salary on the speaking stage had fluctuated between {pstlg}20 and {pstlg}40 a week, there were..many lay-offs. 1928Sunday Dispatch 8 July 22/2 His opponent will be a French boxer, Pierre Callior. As nothing is known of the Frenchman here we shall be..in the dark..as to what extent..Teddy's long lay-off has affected his form. 1952B. Ulanov Hist. Jazz in Amer. (1958) xxii. 299 The Herman band took a layoff in Detroit in June 1945. 1956B. Nankeville Miracle of Mile xii. 90 Chris Chataway..had only had ten days' training following a lay-off. 1969Daily Tel. 12 Apr. 1/5 Workers protested at proposed factory lay-offs. 1972Guardian 17 Feb. 6/1 Jaguar is one of the British Leyland groups where extensive lay-offs occurred. 1973Times 17 Oct. 25/1 (heading) Lay offs threaten 28,000 workers at Vauxhall as car unrest grows. |