severance
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/sˈɛvəɹəns/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "severance"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻŦāĻŋāĻšā§āϛ⧇āĻĻ, āĻĒ⧃āĻĨāϕ⧀āĻ•āϰāĻŖ

the act of separating one thing from another
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āĻŦāĻŋāĻšā§āϛ⧇āĻĻ, āĻŦāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§‹āĻ—

the act of formally terminating a connection, relationship, or association
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
After years of partnership, the business owners decided to negotiate a severance, officially dissolving their joint venture.
āĻŦāĻ›āϰāϜ⧁āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļā§€āĻĻāĻžāϰāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻŦ⧇āϰ āĻĒāϰ, āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāϏāĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻžāϞāĻŋāĻ•āϰāĻž āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻšā§āϛ⧇āĻĻ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āφāϞ⧋āϚāύāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇, āφāύ⧁āĻˇā§āĻ āĻžāύāĻŋāĻ•āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϝ⧌āĻĨ āωāĻĻā§āϝ⧋āĻ— āϭ⧇āϙ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ›āĻžāρāϟāĻžāχ, āϏāĨ‡ā¤ĩāĻž āĻ›āĻžāĻĄāĻŧ⧇āϰ āϏ⧁āĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻž

the formal termination of a contract or agreement, particularly an employee contract
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The human resources department explained the terms of severance to the departing employees, outlining the compensation and benefits they would receive.
āĻŽāĻžāύāĻŦāϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻĻ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻžāĻ— āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧ āύ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŽā§€āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ›āĻžāρāϟāĻžāχ āĻāϰ āĻļāĻ°ā§āϤāĻžāĻŦāϞ⧀ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇, āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻĒā§āϤ āĻ•ā§āώāϤāĻŋāĻĒā§‚āϰāĻŖ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϏ⧁āĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻžāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āϰ⧂āĻĒāϰ⧇āĻ–āĻž āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ›āĻžāρāϟāĻžāχ āĻ­āĻžāϤāĻž, āϚāĻžāĻ•āϰāĻŋ āϏāĻŽāĻžāĻĒā§āϤāĻŋ āϏ⧁āĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻž

the money or benefits given to an employee when their job ends
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
When the company downsized, employees were offered a severance package to ease the transition into new employment.
āϕ⧋āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāύāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āϝāĻ–āύ āφāĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻšā§āϰāĻžāϏ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āϤāĻ–āύ āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŽā§€āĻĻ⧇āϰ āύāϤ⧁āύ āϚāĻžāĻ•āϰāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤāϰ āϏāĻšāϜ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏāĻŋāĻ­āĻžāϰ⧇āĻ¨ā§āϏ āĻĒā§āϝāĻžāϕ⧇āϜ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

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