severance pay
English · Thesaurus
AI In plain words
Writing a short explanation…
Written by a house AI from the entry below, in your language. The entry itself is the source.
severance pay
noun
-
Money paid as compensation to someone whose employment is ended, often in exchange of waiver.
The only case for severance pay on top is that fortunes in public life are so uncertain that some MPs might be discouraged from seeking office if there weren’t any cushion.
Similar: separation allowance, severance payment, severance
Translations
Every language
noun money paid to employee as compensation
| Español | prestaciones, despido |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 遣散費 /遣散费 qiǎnsànfèi |
| Português | verba rescisória |
| Français | indemnité de licenciement |
| Deutsch | Abfindung |
| Italiano | buonuscita, trattamento di fine rapporto m usually shortened to TFR |
| Русский | компенсация при увольнении pri |
| العربية | مُكافَأَة نِهَايَة الْخِدْمَة mukāfaʔat nihāyat al-ḵidma |
Talk about this word "severance pay." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/severance%20pay. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. severance pay. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/severance%20pay "severance pay." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/severance%20pay.Cite this
@misc{severance_pay_2026,
title = {severance pay},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/severance%20pay},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
