golden handcuffsnoun [ plural ]
uk/ˌɡəʊl.dən ˈhænd.kʌfs/us/ˌɡoʊl.dən ˈhænd.kʌfs/slangpayments made to employees, especially those in a high position, as a way of persuading them not to leave their jobs and go and work somewhere else
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Retiring & resigning
- abdicate
- attrition
- bow 1
- bow out
- chuck
- chuck sth in
- demit
- drop
- leave the field open for sb idiom
- natural wastage
- outgoing
- pension sb off
- pensionable
- serve
- serve sth out
- stand aside
- stand down
- step
- step aside/down
- throw
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