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单词 pink slip
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pink slipn.

Brit. /pɪŋk ˈslɪp/, U.S. /ˌpɪŋk ˈslɪp/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pink adj.2, slip n.2
Etymology: < pink adj.2 + slip n.2
colloquial (originally and chiefly North American). Any of various notices, certificates, etc., originally or typically printed on pink paper.
1. Insurance. A slip of paper attached to policies on property in a particular area to indicate a rate increase. Now rare.
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society > trade and finance > financial dealings > insurance > [noun] > insurance policy > clause, document, or part of policy
slip1816
suicide clause1826
suing and labouring clause1864
pink slip1901
cover letter1906
cover note1919
green card1955
satisfaction note1971
1901 Chicago Tribune 2 July 13/4 The addition of a pink slip to the policy has been proposed notifying the assured of the reason for the increase.
1909 N.Y. Times 5 June 4/1 The underwriters met at Syracuse and imposed the ‘pink slip’ on Rochester, which meant that it was considered a poor fire risk, and that hereafter local policy owners would have to pay largely increased rates.
2. A notice of rejection or dismissal, esp. from employment or office. Also figurative.
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society > occupation and work > lack of work > [noun] > dismissal or discharge > notice of
walking papers1825
walking ticket1829
walking orders1835
pink slip1904
1904 Typographical Jrnl. Jan. 67/1 A revise proof to correct is regarded as a cardinal sin, for a ‘pink slip’ is charged up against the delinquent, and a certain number of these means discharge.
1906 Atlanta Constit. 2 Apr. 8/2 There is nothing like a prospective pink slip to fill the brawny athlete with zest and ginger.
1923 N.Y. Times 7 Oct. 2/1 Getting the pink slip, being canceled, which notice comes on pink paper.
1951 Sat. Rev. Lit. (U.S.) 23 June 7/1 In small colleges and large universities hundreds of instructors and professors are getting ‘pink slips’ after the diplomas have been handed out.
1963 P. G. Wodehouse Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves ix. 71 You mean that if Madeleine hands Gussie the pink slip, she'll marry you?
1975 New Yorker 8 Sept. 115/1 Patrolmen on the beat, for example—got their pink slips because firing them was a dramatic way of demonstrating that the city was taking the crisis seriously.
1995 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 8 July a1 Employees have plenty of options to keep a pink slip at bay.
3. A registration certificate signifying ownership of a vehicle.
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > parts and equipment of motor vehicles > [noun] > number plate > registration document
pink slip1938
logbook1958
1938 Los Angeles Times 5 May 1/2 I had been ordered out of the office..when I called there to get the pink slip for my car.
2000 R. Green & M. Burgess Full Leather Jacket (HBO TV shooting script) 19 in Sopranos 2nd Ser. (O.E.D. Archive) Melfi. You gave her her friend's car. Tony. This was a nice, safe car. To which I had the pink slip.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

pink slipv.

Brit. /pɪŋk ˈslɪp/, U.S. /ˌpɪŋk ˈslɪp/
Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: pink slip n.
Etymology: < pink slip n., with allusion to the presentation of a notice of intent, typically printed on pink paper.
colloquial (originally and chiefly North American).
1. transitive. Insurance. To raise premium rates on property in (a particular area) based on an assessment of increased risk. rare. Cf. pink slip n. 1.
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1904 Trenton (New Jersey) Times 24 May 4/2 Camden has been ‘pink-slipped’ by the Philadelphia Suburban Underwriter's Association, which means that an advance of 25 per cent. is to be made..for insuring all the larger industrial plants and business houses excepting those equipped with automatic sprinklers, or whose buildings are of exceptionally safe construction.
2. transitive. To dismiss (a person) from employment or office. Cf. pink slip n. 2.
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society > occupation and work > lack of work > [verb (transitive)] > dismiss or discharge
to put awaya1387
discharge1428
dismiss1477
to put out of wages1542
discard1589
to turn away1602
to put off1608
disemploy1619
to pay off1648
to pay off1651
to turn out1667
to turn off1676
quietus1688
strip1756
trundle1794
unshop1839
shopc1840
to lay off1841
sack1841
drop1845
to give (a person) the shoot1846
bag1848
swap1862
fire1879
to knock off1881
bounce1884
to give (a person) the pushc1886
to give (a person) the boot or the order of the boot1888
bump1899
spear1911
to strike (a medical practitioner, etc.) off the register1911
terminate1920
tramp1941
shitcan1961
pink slip1966
dehire1970
resize1975
to give a person his jotters1990
1917 Clearfield Congr. 15 May 4/4 Benny dealt us a sad blow when he pink slipped the publicity promoter.
1966 T. Pynchon Crying of Lot 49 v. 114 His wife had..left him the day after he was pink-slipped.
1983 E. Glatz Postcard from Florida in L. Evans Overtime (1990) 34 Along with thousands of other Detroit autoworkers and steelworkers I got pink slipped.
2002 Time Out N.Y. 14 Aug. 107/1 Steele is a hard-bitten Aussie who, years before, had pink-slipped his own brother from the band.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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