Meanings
- uncountableMoney paid as compensation to someone whose employment is ended, often in exchange of waiver.
The only case for severance pay on top is that fortunes in public life are so uncertain that some MPs might be discouraged from seeking office if there weren’t any cushion.
2008, Tom Clark, The Guardian, G2, 15 Jan 2008, p. 3Synonyms: separation allowance, severance payment, severance
Synonyms & antonyms
nounMoney paid as compensation to someone whose employment is ended, often in exchange of waiver.
Translations
Arabic مُكافَأَة نِهَايَة الْخِدْمَة
- مُكافَأَة نِهَايَة الْخِدْمَة (mukāfaʔat nihāyat al-ḵidma)money paid to employee as compensation
Chinese Mandarin 遣散費 /遣散费
- 遣散費 /遣散费 (qiǎnsànfèi)money paid to employee as compensation
Danish fratrædelsesgodtgørelse
- fratrædelsesgodtgørelsemoney paid to employee as compensation
Dutch ontslagvergoeding
- ontslagvergoedingmoney paid to employee as compensation
Finnish eroraha, irtisanomisraha
- erorahamoney paid to employee as compensation
- irtisanomisrahamoney paid to employee as compensation
- irtisanomiskorvausmoney paid to employee as compensation
French indemnité de licenciement
- indemnité de licenciementmoney paid to employee as compensation
German Abfindung
- Abfindungmoney paid to employee as compensation
Hungarian végkielégítés
- végkielégítésmoney paid to employee as compensation
Indonesian uang pesangon
- uang pesangonmoney paid to employee as compensation
Italian buonuscita, trattamento di fine rapporto m usually shortened to TFR
- buonuscitamoney paid to employee as compensation
- trattamento di fine rapporto m usually shortened to TFRmoney paid to employee as compensation
Polish odprawa
- odprawamoney paid to employee as compensation
Portuguese verba rescisória
- verba rescisóriamoney paid to employee as compensation
Russian компенсация при увольнении
- компенсация при увольнении (pri)money paid to employee as compensation
Spanish prestaciones, despido
- prestacionesmoney paid to employee as compensation
- despidomoney paid to employee as compensation
Cite this entry
severance pay. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/severance%20pay
“severance pay.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/severance%20pay. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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