Phrase guide

severance pay

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Money paid as compensation to someone whose employment is ended, often in exchange of waiver.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: separation allowance, severance payment, severance

Antonyms: none provided

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Across languages

Translations

22 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مُكافَأَة نِهَايَة الْخِدْمَة (mukāfaʔat nihāyat al-ḵidma) — money paid to employee as compensation
  • Chinese Mandarin: 遣散費 /遣散费 (qiǎnsànfèi) — money paid to employee as compensation
  • Danish: fratrædelsesgodtgørelse — money paid to employee as compensation
  • Dutch: ontslagvergoeding — money paid to employee as compensation
  • Finnish: eroraha — money paid to employee as compensation
  • Finnish: irtisanomisraha — money paid to employee as compensation
  • Finnish: irtisanomiskorvaus — money paid to employee as compensation
  • French: indemnité de licenciement — money paid to employee as compensation
  • Georgian: დახმარება სამსახურიდან დათხოვნისას (daxmareba samsaxuridan datxovnisas) — money paid to employee as compensation
  • Georgian: კომპენსაცია სამსახურიდან დათხოვნისას (ḳomṗensacia samsaxuridan datxovnisas) — money paid to employee as compensation
  • Georgian: დათხოვნის პაკეტი (datxovnis ṗaḳeṭi) — money paid to employee as compensation
  • German: Abfindung — money paid to employee as compensation
  • Hungarian: végkielégítés — money paid to employee as compensation
  • Indonesian: uang pesangon — money paid to employee as compensation
  • Italian: buonuscita — money paid to employee as compensation
  • Italian: trattamento di fine rapporto m usually shortened to TFR — money paid to employee as compensation
  • Polish: odprawa — money paid to employee as compensation
  • Portuguese: verba rescisória — money paid to employee as compensation
  • Russian: компенсация при увольнении (pri) — money paid to employee as compensation
  • Serbo-Croatian: otpremnìna — money paid to employee as compensation
  • Spanish: prestaciones — money paid to employee as compensation
  • Spanish: despido — money paid to employee as compensation