Redundancy - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- the attribute of being superfluous and unneeded (syn: redundance)
- repetition of an act needlessly
Extra examples
Avoid redundancy in your writing.
Try to avoid using redundancies in your writing.
The design incorporates several redundancies.
The restructuring is expected to result in the redundancy of several hundred workers.
The workers are now facing redundancy.
The closure of the export department resulted in over 100 redundancies.
Two thousand workers now face redundancy.
An employee is not eligible for a redundancy payment unless he has been with the company for two years.
We were offered a £3,000 cash bonus to take voluntary redundancy.
The threat of redundancy was still hanging over us.
We decided to use Fred's redundancy money to pay off the mortgage (=pay back all the money we borrowed for a mortgage).
The case of your redundancy will be heard by an independent tribunal.
Workers are being encouraged to take voluntary redundancy.
Word forms
singular: redundancy
plural: redundancies
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