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# severance

«severance» in Mova's school dictionary: **Money paid to a worker when their job ends because the…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (severance); often «severance pay»

### meaning for a pupil

1) (formal) Money paid to a worker when their job ends because the company no longer needs them; also called severance pay or redundancy pay. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/severance/#m1)

2) (formal) Ending a connection or relationship: the severance of ties. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/severance/#m2)

3) Cutting something off. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/severance/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

An adult, formal word from work and news: «Workers who were let go received severance pay». In formal voice it softens the harsh fact of losing a job. In maths: «Severance is 2 weeks' pay for each year worked» — multiply. Phrases: «severance pay», «severance package», «severance of ties».

### examples

- When the factory closed, workers got severance pay. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/severance/#x1)
- Her severance package was three months' pay. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/severance/#x2)
- Severance is 1 week's pay for every year worked, so 6 years gives 6 weeks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/severance/#x3)
- The severance of the two countries' ties surprised many. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/severance/#x4)
- Dad got a small severance when he was let go. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/severance/#x5)
- The severance of the rope sent the boat drifting. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/severance/#x6)

### note

Uncountable. Verb: sever (to cut off). Formal word; related euphemisms for losing a job: «let go», «made redundant», «laid off».

### In the corpora

- ["Voluntary severance" means being paid to leave one's job.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/21-work-firing-and-the-economy/13/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «severance» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/severance/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.