lays off
Shows the door
To lay off workers is to terminate their employment, typically due to economic conditions rather than poor performance: The company laid off two hundred employees when orders dropped.
Lays off is the third-person singular present tense.
To lay off something can also mean to stop or ease up: Lay off the junk food.
- furloughGranted absence from work
- terminateBring to an end
- dismissSend away or reject
- fireCombustion with flames
- cut looseRelease from restraint
downsize · pink slip · walking papers · shown the door · sack · severance · reduction in force · riff · redundancy · axe · last day · unemployment · job insecurity · economy · discharge · cost-cutting · restructuring · budget constraints