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单词 golden goodbye
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golden goodbye
golden goodbye n. a substantial sum of money offered to an employee as compensation for dismissal or compulsory redundancy, or as an inducement to take early retirement; cf. golden hello n.
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1960 Times 5 Apr. 6/2 He singled out particularly for commendation measures to deal with what became known during the general election as the ‘golden handshake’ or the ‘golden goodbye’.
1992 Economist 15 Feb. 25/3 The..group, a fashion retailer, sacked its flamboyant boss..with a golden goodbye worth over £1m ($1.8m).
2011 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 30 Sept. b1/3 The golden goodbye has not gone away... The eye-popping severance package continues to thrive in spite of the measures put in place in the wake of the financial crisis.
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