termination
56
4.7
- noun
- /ˌtɜːrmɪˈneɪʃən/
- Formal
:
terminación
- The company announced the termination of all employees' contracts due to financial difficulties.
- termination of pregnancy
- termination of employment
- termination policy
They went and got a lawyer and are suing me for wrongful termination.
- They went and got a lawyer and are suing me for wrongful termination.
- And then Trump goes on this tweet storm or his truth storm saying, quote, Powell's termination cannot come fast enough!
- And she starts explaining to me that the reason why she's having this termination is actually because of her little boy.
- Make no mistake, if you do terminate them, the odds are high that they will pursue some sort of wrongful termination lawsuit.
- Shortly after their termination, defendants began to compete with the plaintiff, who sought injunctive relief.
- I need to handle all these long full termination deals.
- And then we start seeing the period now, what I described in the earlier slide as possibly the period of judicial termination.
- I'd been him on a compassionate leave and I'd had my leaving date was the beginning of August with four weeks termination leave.
Examples
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As shown in Table 1, termination fees in Delaware are lower than termination fees outside Delaware.
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Dumas will have the opportunity to appeal his termination to the historically Black institution's board of supervisors on Friday.
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Consider this your notice of termination.
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To see why, consider a $3 million termination fee in a $50 million deal.
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When goals of the initial phase are met, there is a termination of clinical social work services.
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Is this about your wrongful termination case?
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Harvard content and features are subject to change or termination without notice at the editorial discretion of Harvard.
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I plan on bringing a wrongful termination suit against Charles Wheeler and his partners.
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In short, the result could be an abrupt termination of America's "economic miracle."
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We collect systematic data on termination fees using the FactSet MergerMetrics database.
Academic text (2017)
Synonyms
398
1.0
The final part of something, like an event, story, or relationship
132
7.0
The end of a plan, institution, or idea
107
3.4
The end of a relationship, often between romantic partners or groups
63
1.9
Stopping something planned so it no longer happens
56
3.5
The end of the time when something is valid, like a passport or food
46
4.7
The permanent end of a business, school, or service
45
3.3
The formal end of an agreement or talks
44
6.9
An end to a connection between people or groups
20
6.8
The official ending of a group like a partnership or parliament
8
5.1
The final part of an event or activity
3
5.5
Ending a system by law or official action
3
3.0
The last date when a document or product is still valid
2
6.3
Stopping something for a short time or forever
1
3.6
The final part of an event or activity
1
9.9
The final result of a process or event
To put an end to a fire or a debt
Antonyms
How Final
- Formal
22
4.2
- Formal
56
4.7
- Texting
63
1.9
70
4.3
192
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Termination comes from Latin terminus plus the ending -ation, and is related to simple words like term and terminal; terminus meant 'end' or 'limit'. So a termination is the act of ending something, for example ending a contract or a job.