redundancy

  • 41redundancy pay — Brit. See severance pay. [1965 70] * * * redundancy pay UK US noun [uncountable] british an amount of money that an employer gives a worker who is made redundant Thesaurus: extra payments and benefits in addition to wageshyponym wages and… …

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  • 42redundancy — noun (plural cies) Date: circa 1602 1. a. the quality or state of being redundant ; superfluity b. the use of redundant components; also such components c. chiefly British dismissal from a job especially by layoff 2. profusion …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 43redundancy — /ri dun deuhn see/, n., pl. redundancies. 1. the state of being redundant. 2. superfluous repetition or overlapping, esp. of words. 3. a redundant thing, part, or amount; superfluity. 4. the provision of additional or duplicate systems, equipment …

    Universalium

  • 44redundancy — Occurrence of linearly arranged, largely identical, repeated sequences of DNA. terminal r. the condition in a viral chromosome in which identical genetic information occurs at each end of the chromosome. * * * re·dun·dan·cy (re dunґdən se)… …

    Medical dictionary

  • 45Redundancy — (информационная) избыточность …

    Краткий толковый словарь по полиграфии

  • 46redundancy — Synonyms and related words: EDP, abundance, amplitude, avalanche, battology, bedizenment, bit, channel, circumambages, circumbendibus, circumlocution, cloud of words, communication explosion, communication theory, copiousness, data retrieval,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 47redundancy — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. verbosity, tautology, superfluity; see excess , repetition , wordiness . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Words or the use of words in excess of those needed for clarity or precision: diffuseness, diffusion, long windedness,… …

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  • 48redundancy — re|dun|dan|cy [ rı dʌndənsi ] noun count or uncount 1. ) a situation in which something is not needed, especially because the same thing or a similar thing already exists 2. ) BRITISH a situation in which someone is told to leave their job… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 49Redundancy — If you are made redundant it means you are laid off …

    The American's guide to speaking British

  • 50redundancy — rɪ dÊŒndÉ™nsɪ n. excessive plentifulness, superfluity; wordiness; state of being unemployed; layoff; abundance; needless repetition …

    English contemporary dictionary