severance

indemnité de licenciement, indemnité de départ

Argent ou avantages accordés par l’employeur à une personne lorsque son emploi prend fin.

En anglais simple : Money or benefits an employer gives someone when their job ends.

• She received three months' severance pay.
• The company offered a generous severance package.
• Will the dismissed workers get severance?

Synonymes : severance pay, termination payment

Expressions courantes : severance pay, severance package, receive severance

sectionnement, séparation

Action de couper ou de séparer des choses, ou état qui résulte de cette séparation.

En anglais simple : The act of cutting something off or separating things, or the resulting state of separation.

• The fall caused severance of the cable.
• Complete severance of the nerve left her hand numb.
• The surgeon examined the wound for signs of severance.

Comment l'utiliser : severance of something (The accident caused severance of the main cable.)

Synonymes : separation, cutting, disconnection

Contraires : connection, joining

Expressions courantes : severance of something, complete severance, surgical severance, severance of ties