Phrasal Verb: lay off

Definition: to stop employing (a worker), often for a short time because there is not enough work (not because of poor performance)

Examples:

• Because of the slowing economy, the company had to lay off over twenty workers.
• My father got laid off so the CEO could make more money.
• The goal of this company is to lay off as few people as possible during the recession.

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