layoff
/ˈleɪɒf/ noun [C]Definition
› the ending of someone's job by an employer, usually because there is no more work: [usually plural] Several hundred more layoffs are planned next month.
(Definition of layoff noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
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