golden parachutenoun [ C ]
uk/ˌɡəʊl.dən ˈpær.ə.ʃuːt/us/ˌɡoʊl.dən ˈper.ə.ʃuːt/informala large payment made to someone who has an important job with a company when that person is forced to leave their job
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Retiring & resigning
- abdicate
- attrition
- bow 1
- bow out
- chuck
- chuck sth in
- demit
- drop
- leave the field open for sb idiom
- natural wastage
- outgoing
- pension sb off
- pensionable
- serve
- serve sth out
- stand aside
- stand down
- step
- step aside/down
- throw
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