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Termination vs Layoff - What's the difference?

termination | layoff |

As nouns the difference between termination and layoff

is that termination is the process of terminating or the state of being terminated while layoff is a dismissal of employees from their jobs because of tightened budgetary constraints or work shortage (not due to poor performance or misconduct).

termination

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The process of terminating or the state of being terminated.
  • The process of firing an employee; ending one's employment at a business for any reason.
  • An end in time; a conclusion.
  • An end in space; an edge or limit.
  • An outcome or result.
  • The last part of a word; a suffix.
  • (medical) An induced abortion.
  • (obsolete, rare) A word, a term.
  • * 1599 ,
    • She speaks poniards, and every word stabs: if her breath were as terrible as her terminations , there were no living near her; she would infect to the north star.
  • The ending up of a polypeptid chain.

    • Synonyms

    * (process of terminating ): discontinuation, stoppage * (state of being termined ): discontinuation * (process of firing an employee ): discharge, dismissal * (end in time ): close, conclusion, end, finale, finish, stop * (end in space ): border, edge, end, limit, lip, rim, tip * (outcome ): consequence, outcome, result, upshot * (medical): abortion, induced abortion

    Antonyms

    * (process of terminating or the state of being terminated) continuation

    Derived terms

    * extermination * terminative * terminative case

    layoff

    English

    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.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , 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.

    • Synonyms

    * (dismissal of employees): downsizing, reduction in force

    See also

    * lay off

    Anagrams

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    External links

    * (wikipedia "layoff")