layoff
(noun) the act of laying off an employee or a work force
Source: WordNet® 3.1
layoff (plural layoffs)
(chiefly US) A dismissal of employees from their jobs because of tightened budgetary constraints or work shortage (not due to poor performance or misconduct).
A period of time when someone is unavailable for work.
(British, football) A short pass that has been rolled in front of another player for them to kick.
• (dismissal of employees): downsizing, reduction in force, redundancy
• Offaly, offlay
Source: Wiktionary
7 May 2025
(noun) a person who is employed to deliver messages or documents; “he sent a runner over with the contract”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
