See Also: redundancy(dictionary)
redundancy pay(dictionary)
redundancy(dictionary)
redundancy(medicine)
Redundancy(finance)
terminal redundancy(medicine)
gene redundancy(medicine)
Bump-up CD(money)
Bump-up CD(finance)
bump(1)(dictionary)

bump(4) (iou) and redundancy (oh)


bump(4) (iou)



bump verb2. M17.
[Imit.]
Of the bittern: make its characteristic cry.

redundancy (oh)



[U and C] BrE a situation in which someone has to leave their job, because they are no longer needed
-synonym layoff layoff
::The closure of the export department resulted in over 100 redundancies.
::Two thousand workers now face redundancy.
::An employee is not eligible for a redundancy payment unless he has been with the company for two years.
voluntary/compulsory redundancy
::We were offered a ¡ê3,000 cash bonus to take voluntary redundancy.
[U] when something is not used because something similar or the same already exists