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General (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. lay-off: Wordnik
  2. lay-off: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  3. lay-off: Wiktionary
  4. Lay-off: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  5. lay-off: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Lay-off: Legal dictionary
  2. Lay-off: Financial dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. lay-off: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

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noun:  Alternative spelling of layoff [(chiefly US) A dismissal of employees from their jobs because of tightened budgetary constraints or work shortage (not due to poor performance or misconduct).]

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