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axnounor axe the termination of the employment of an employee or a work force often temporarilythe company was hemorrhaging money, so 700 employees would soon be given the ax discharge, dismissal, furlough, layoff, redundancy(chiefly British) pink slipbird(chiefly British), boot, bum's rush, downsizing, firing, heave-ho, sackclosing, shutdownshakeout, shake-up callback, recall, reemployment, rehire, rehiring axverbor axeto let go from office, service, or employmentthe boss will ax anyone who leaks company secrets bounce, can, cashier, discharge, dismiss, fire, muster out, pink-slip, release, remove, retire, sack, terminate, turn off downsize, excess, furlough, lay off, trimboot (out), chuck (out), drum (out), kick out, throw out, unseatseparate send packing, show (someone) the door employ, engage, hire, retain, sign (up or on), take on keepreemploy, rehirecontract, subcontractrecruit before the 12th century |