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parachute payment in British Englishnoun British informal a payment made to alleviate hardship resulting from a sudden loss of income Examples of 'parachute payment' in a sentenceparachute payment A parachute payment of 26m is a comfort but the shortfall can wreck clubs.There is also the first trench of the parachute payment, around 35m.The only comfort will be a multi-million pound 'parachute payment' to cushion the blow.The initial parachute payment of 23 million can seem alarmingly small in comparison.His pension pot is worth 6 million, or 337,000 a year, but he will not receive a golden parachute payment.The minimum 40m of television and central sponsorship income taken this season will be exchanged for a 16m parachute payment next.When he stands down he will get a whopping 500,000 'parachute payment' to ease him back into everyday life.Budgets will be cut again because it would be the second year so the parachute payment isn't as big as it was last year.The club made a tax payment of 500,000 and promised to hand over a 1million-plus sum next week by dipping into a 15m parachute payment.There is a parachute payment for the relegated club of 2.6 million in the first season, but thereafter they will compete on equal terms. |