severance
71severance — n. Separation, partition …
72severance — n 1. sunderance, chopping or cutting off, slicing or shearing off, bobbing, docking, lopping off, detachment, Both Bot. abstriction, abjunction; cleavage, cleaving, splitting, fissure, scission; division, halving, bisection, bifidity, bifurcation …
73severance — sev·er·ance …
74severance — sev•er•ance [[t]ˈsɛv ər əns, ˈsɛv rəns[/t]] n. 1) the act of severing or the state of being severed 2) a breaking off, as of a friendship 3) law Law. a division of liabilities, provisions, etc., into parts; removal of a part from the whole 4) cvb …
75severance — /ˈsɛvərəns/ (say sevuhruhns), /ˈsɛvrəns/ (say sevruhns) noun 1. the act of severing. 2. the state of being severed. 3. Law a. a dividing into parts, as in a contract. b. termination of a joint tenancy by its conversion into a tenancy in common. 4 …
76severance — Okina, mokuna …
77severance — The act of severing, dividing, or separating; the state of being disjoined or separated. Anno: 18 ALR 1342. The act or fact of so removing anything attached or affixed to land, or a part of the land itself, so as to change its character from… …
78severance pay — noun Date: 1943 an allowance usually based on length of service that is payable to an employee on termination of employment …
79severance tax — noun Date: 1928 a tax levied by a state on the extractor of oil, gas, or minerals intended for consumption in other states compare royalty 5a …
80severance pay — money, exclusive of wages, back pay, etc., paid to an employee who has tenure and who is dismissed because of lack of work or other reasons beyond the employee s control. [1940 45] * * * …
