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give notice ThesaurusVerb | 1. | give notice - terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position; "The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company terminated 25% of its workers"give the axe, give the sack, sack, send away, can, force out, displace, fire, dismiss, terminateretire - make (someone) retire; "The director was retired after the scandal"pension off - let go from employment with an attractive pension; "The director was pensioned off when he got senile"clean out - force out; "The new boss cleaned out the lazy workers"furlough, lay off - dismiss, usually for economic reasons; "She was laid off together with hundreds of other workers when the company downsized"squeeze out - force out; "Some employees were squeezed out by the recent budget cuts"remove - remove from a position or an officesend away, send packing, dismiss, drop - stop associating with; "They dropped her after she had a child out of wedlock" | | 2. | give notice - inform (somebody) of something; "I advised him that the rent was due"apprise, apprize, notify, send word, adviseinform - impart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event to; "I informed him of his rights" | Translationsannunziarelicenziarelicenziatogive notice
give notice1. To inform one's employer of one's resignation. In this usage, a possessive pronoun is often used between "give" and "notice." I just gave my notice, so I'm officially leaving in two weeks. You can just walk out—you have to at least give notice!2. To alert one to something. I think your teacher would have been more understanding if you had given notice of this printing issue in advance.See also: give, noticegive (one's) noticeto formally tell one's employer that one is quitting one's job. Did you hear that James is leaving? He gave his notice yesterday. Lisa gave notice today. She got a job offer from another company.See also: give, noticegive notice1. Inform or warn someone of something, as in He's prompt about giving us notice of any discrepancy in the accounts. [Late 1500s] 2. Tell one's employer one is quitting, as in Our housekeeper gave notice last week. This usage, first recorded in 1765, originally alluded to any kind of termination, such as a housing lease, but today is most often used for leaving employment. See also: give, noticegive notice
Synonyms for give noticeverb terminate the employment ofSynonyms- give the axe
- give the sack
- sack
- send away
- can
- force out
- displace
- fire
- dismiss
- terminate
Related Words- retire
- pension off
- clean out
- furlough
- lay off
- squeeze out
- remove
- send away
- send packing
- dismiss
- drop
verb inform (somebody) of somethingSynonyms- apprise
- apprize
- notify
- send word
- advise
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