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    severance

    US /ˈsɛvərəns, ˈsɛvrəns/

    ・

    UK /'sevərəns/

    B2TOEIC
    n. (u.)Uncountable NounMoney received when you are let go from a company
    He was paid a severance package that would last him a few months

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    Quiet Cutting: How Power In U.S. Offices May Be Shifting Back To Bosses

    05:37Quiet Cutting: How Power In U.S. Offices May Be Shifting Back To Bosses
    • Because if you have to do a major layoff, then you have to pay severance, there's all sorts of other financial issues that come into play that will cost you money.

      Because if you have to do a major layoff, then you have to pay severance, there's all sorts of other financial issues that come into play that will cost you money.

    • a major layoff, then you have to pay severance, there's all sorts

      a major layoff, then you have to pay severance, there's all sorts

    B1

    當你覺得生活艱難時 ► 一定要記住這番話! - Les Brown (中英字幕)

    07:13當你覺得生活艱難時 ► 一定要記住這番話! - Les Brown (中英字幕)
    • See it's hard when when you are 49 years old been working on a job for 17 years and they come in and tell you you're finished and give you one week severance pay and you got to start all over again.

      See it's hard when when you are 49 years old been working on a job for 17 years and they come in and tell you you're finished and give you one week severance pay and you got to start all over again.

    • and they come in and tell you you're finished and give you one week's severance pay,

      and they come in and tell you you're finished and give you one week's severance pay,

    A2

    Putin unfazed, Patriots, Afghan data leak and Emmys

    10:17Putin unfazed, Patriots, Afghan data leak and Emmys
    • The most nominated show is "Severance," which is a psychological thriller on Apple TV+.

      The most nominated show is "Severance," which is a psychological thriller on Apple TV+.

    • The most nominated show is Severance, which is a psychological thriller on Apple TV+.

      The most nominated show is Severance, which is a psychological thriller on Apple TV+.

    B1

    Natasha Rothwell & Jon Gries Spill ‘The White Lotus’ Secrets | All About Me | Harper's BAZAAR

    09:29Natasha Rothwell & Jon Gries Spill ‘The White Lotus’ Secrets | All About Me | Harper's BAZAAR
    • Last TV show you binged: Severance.

      Last TV show you binged: Severance.

    • Severance.

      Severance.

    B1

    What Your Cat Does When You’re Not Home

    01:42What Your Cat Does When You’re Not Home
    • Oh, and here's your severance package.

      Oh, and here's your severance package.

    • Oh, and here's your severance package.

      Oh, and here's your severance package.

    A2

    America's Arctic Blast | Trump Threatens Air Traffic Controllers | The Math On 50-Year Mortgages

    12:13America's Arctic Blast | Trump Threatens Air Traffic Controllers | The Math On 50-Year Mortgages
    • If you want to leave service in the near future, please do not hesitate to do so with no payment or severance of any kind.

      If you want to leave service in the near future, please do not hesitate to do so with no payment or severance of any kind.

    • Or severance of any kind, you will be quickly replaced by true patriots.

      Or severance of any kind, you will be quickly replaced by true patriots.

    B2

    The Shawshank Redemption: Choice Words

    55:12The Shawshank Redemption: Choice Words
    • Severance paid for [Nineteen] Years [I]

      Severance paid for [Nineteen] Years [I]

    • All told, he blew town with better than $370,000 of Warden Norton's money, severance pay for 19 years.

      All told, he blew town with better than $370,000 of Warden Norton's money, severance pay for 19 years.

    B1

    Signs You Should Quit Your Job - 3 Signs it's Time to Move On

    11:11Signs You Should Quit Your Job - 3 Signs it's Time to Move On
    • So by the time that they told me that they were going to give me a severance package and they were going to give me a taxi chit to go home, like I didn't have to take the subway.

      So by the time that they told me that they were going to give me a severance package and they were going to give me a taxi chit to go home, like I didn't have to take the subway.

    • So by the time that they told me that they were going to give me a severance package and they were going to give me a taxi chit to go home, like I didn't have to take the subway, I thought it was amazing.

      So by the time that they told me that they were going to give me a severance package and they were going to give me a taxi chit to go home, like I didn't have to take the subway, I thought it was amazing.

    A2

    Shanghai Calling (2012)

    40:55Shanghai Calling (2012)
    • to come and collect the severance pay.

      to come and collect the severance pay.

    • Listen, Lin told the head worker to come and collect the severance pay.

      Listen, Lin told the head worker to come and collect the severance pay.

    A2

    American Beauty - My job consists of... !

    01:44American Beauty - My job consists of... !
    • Well, just what sort of severance package is management prepared to offer me, considering the information I have about our editorial director buying pussy with company money, which I think would interest the IRS since it technically constitutes fraud,

      Well, just what sort of severance package is management prepared to offer me, considering the information I have about our editorial director buying pussy with company money, which I think would interest the IRS since it technically constitutes fraud,

    • Well just what sort of severance packages is management prepared to offer me considering the information I have about our editorial

      Well just what sort of severance packages is management prepared to offer me considering the information I have about our editorial

    B1