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retrenchment1896
outplacement1948
excessing1976
1976 Facts on File 24 Jan. 42/2 Transferring, demoting or dismissing ‘the least senior person in the job classification’. This procedure was called ‘excessing’.
1978 Amer. Speech53 17 We are faced with the need for tremendous layoffs, excessing of teachers.