layoff vs redundancy

layoff

noun
  • 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. 

  • A short pass that has been rolled in front of another player for them to kick. 

  • A bet that is laid off, i.e. placed with another bookmaker in order to reduce risk. 

redundancy

noun
  • The state of being unemployed because one's job is no longer necessary; the dismissal of such an employee; a layoff. 

  • The state of being redundant 

  • Duplication of parts of a message to guard against transmission errors. 

  • surplusage inserted in a pleading which may be rejected by the court without impairing the validity of what remains. 

  • A superfluity; something redundant or excessive; a needless repetition in language 

  • Duplication of components or circuits to provide survival of the total system in case of failure of single components. 

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