severance
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ər noun
2.
a breaking off, as of a friendship.
3.
Law. a division into parts, as of liabilities or provisions; removal of a part from the whole.
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Severance
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. 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 scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
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severance (ˈsɛvərəns) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | the act of severing or state of being severed |
| 2. | a separation |
| 3. | law the division into separate parts of a joint estate, contract, etc |
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Word Origin & History
severance
1422, from Anglo-Fr., from O.Fr. sevrance, from sevrer (see sever). Meaning "discharge from employment contract" is attested from 1941.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Example sentences
Finally shareholders are becoming incensed by these reprehensible bonuses and severance packages.
His ideas include giving shareholders binding votes on the pay, perks and severance packages handed out by companies.
Too generous severance had blurred his motivation in the months when it would have mattered.
The government is casting a beady eye over severance terms and early retirement in the civil service.
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