Nearby Words
golden handcuffs
Gold Handcuffs www.handcuffwarehouse.com/ Smith & Wesson, Peerless and Hiatts 24K Gold Plated Police Handcuffs
Police Handcuffs www.qmuniforms.com/Handcuffs Shop Smith & Wesson, ASP and More. #1 Public Safety Store. Ships Free!
Gold Cuffs bracelets.pronto.com/ 80,000+ Bracelets at Great Prices. Shop, Compare and Save at Pronto.
Ads
golden handcuffs
noun
a series of raises, bonuses, etc., given at specified intervals or tied to length of employment so as to keep an executive from leaving the company.
Origin:
1985–90
1985–90
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2012.
Cite This Source
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2012.
Cite This Source
|
Link To golden handcuffs
00:10
00:09
00:08
00:07
00:06
00:05
00:04
00:03
00:02
00:01
Golden handcuffs
is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
Collins
World English Dictionary
| golden handcuffs | |
| —pl n | |
| informal payments deferred over a number of years that induce a person to stay with a particular company or in a particular job | |
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source
Slang Dictionary
golden handcuffs definition
|
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
Cite This Source
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
Cite This Source
American Heritage
Idioms & Phrases
golden handcuffs
Financial benefits that an employee will lose upon resigning, as in The company's presented all the middle managers with golden handcuffs, so they can't afford to leave. This slangy business expression dates from the 1970s.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
Cite This Source
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
Cite This Source
Word Dynamo Rating For Golden handcuffs
Dictionary.com, LLC. Copyright © 2012. All rights reserved.
