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		severancesev‧er‧ance /ˈsevərəns/ noun [uncountable] formal    - Kramer reportedly got severance worth tens of millions.
 - the severance of all economic ties between the two nations
 - The company has a voluntary severance and early retirement program.
 
 - Approximately 1, 700 employees who work at seven Emporiums that are being liquidated are eligible for severance.
 - From that moment on, my severance with the old modes of reality was complete.
 - He gains another month of severance each subsequent year.
 - In addition, anyone forced to move more than 35 miles to another job location could quit and get severance.
 - It is hoped that the run down can be achieved by voluntary severance and redeployment.
 - One of them reportedly calls for two months severance plus a month for every year worked.
 - She said the brothers would not receive additional severance for resigning from the board.
 - Sources said that they have been given six weeks to finish their assignments and another four weeks' severance pay.
 
   NOUN► package· He used it to get a good severance package.· They took their generous severance packages to incubate an entirely different lifestyle. ► pay· Sources said that they have been given six weeks to finish their assignments and another four weeks' severance pay.· There will, of course, be no severance pay, and a reference is out of the question.· He would not answer questions about the lack of severance pay.   ► severance pay/package- He would not answer questions about the lack of severance pay.
 - Ivy said the school did not buy out the contract but would negotiate some kind of severance package with Mumme.
 - Laid-off employees, of which there have been 105 since January, each received a severance package and a computer.
 - Of the $ 27 million charge, about $ 15 million relates to severance pay and plant closures.
 - She received three months of severance pay.
 - Sources said that they have been given six weeks to finish their assignments and another four weeks' severance pay.
 - The council also agreed to pay moving expenses and provide six months severance pay should they later fire him.
 - There will, of course, be no severance pay, and a reference is out of the question.
 
   1when you end your relationship or connection with another person, organization, country etc, especially because of a disagreementseverance of  the severance of diplomatic ties between the two countries2severance pay/package money or other things that you get when you have to leave a company because your employer no longer has a job for you:   Employees will get two weeks of severance pay for every year of service.  |