redundancy

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English Vietnamese dictionary

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Advanced English dictionary

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+ noun (plural redundancies)
1 [U, C, usually pl.] (BrE) the situation when sb has to leave their job because there is no more work available for them: Thousands of factory workers are facing redundancy in the New Year. + to accept / take voluntary redundancy (= to offer to leave your job) + the threat of compulsory redundancies + redundancy payments + 200 workers have been issued with redundancy notices.
See also - LAY-OFF
2 [U] (formal or technical) the state of not being necessary or useful: Natural language is characterized by redundancy (= words are used that are not really necessary for sb to understand the meaning).

Collocation dictionary

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ADJ.

large-scale, major, mass, massive

The closure of the mine led to large-scale redundancies.

| widespread | threatened | compulsory, enforced, forced | voluntary

QUANT.

round, wave

a fresh wave of redundancies

VERB + REDUNDANCY

make

The bank will be making 3,500 redundancies over the next five years.

| lead to, result in | avoid | announce | be threatened by/with, face

Sixty workers at a clothing factory face redundancy because the firm is relocating.

| accept, take, volunteer for

Those choosing to take redundancy will receive the company's standard redundancy terms.

REDUNDANCY + VERB

occur, take place

REDUNDANCY + NOUN

policy | programme | notice

Redundancy notices have been sent to 200 workers.

| compensation, package, terms | money, pay, payment | costs

Most of the companies' losses stemmed from redundancy costs.

PHRASES

the threat of redundancy

Concise English dictionary

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redundanciesrɪ'dʌndənsɪ
noun
+repetition of messages to reduce the probability of errors in transmission
+the attribute of being superfluous and unneeded
+(electronics) a system design that duplicates components to provide alternatives in case one component fails
+repetition of an act needlessly