Noun

(en noun)

A dismissal of employees from their jobs because of tightened budgetary constraints or work shortage (not due to poor performance or misconduct).

A period of time when someone is unavailable for work.

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, year=2010 , date=December 29 , author=Sam Sheringham , title=Liverpool 0 - 1 Wolverhampton , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=But even the return of skipper Steven Gerrard from a six-week injury layoff could not inspire Liverpool}}

(British, football) A short pass that has been rolled in front of another player for them to kick.

Noun

(en noun)

(usually, uncountable) The act of laying something down

*{{quote-book, 1992, T.S. Shuler et al., Polymer Modified Asphalt Binders, chapter=Design and Construction of Asphalt Concrete Using Polymer Modified Asphalt Binders citation

, passage=However, significant smoke was observed during laydown of this mixture. }}

(publishing) A physical mockup or layout of a page design

*{{quote-book, 2006, Susan Linnet Cox, Photo Styling citation

, passage=It was a week's worth of laydowns portraying the full line of athletic clothing for that season

(military) A pattern of deployment

*{{quote-book, 1984, Ashton B. Carter et al., Ballistic Missile Defense citation

, passage=The offense could contrive a variety of laydowns to intensify the defense's problems.}}

(bridge) A hand which is so strong that the declarer can simply expose it and claim the number of tricks required by his or her contract

*{{quote-news, 2008, December 26, Phillip Alder, Set the Toys Aside and Listen to What the Cards Are Saying, The New York Times citation

, passage=North-South rested in five spades, with grand slams in spades and clubs laydown .}}

(fishing) A tree fallen in water, where anglers might target fish

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