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n. Informal.

A notice of termination of employment.

pinkslip pink'-slip' (pĭngk'slĭp') v.
 
 
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verb

    To end the employment or service of: cashier, discharge, dismiss, drop, release, terminate. Informal ax, fire. Slang boot1, bounce, can, sack1. Idioms: give someone his or her walking papers, give someone the ax, give someone the gate, give someone the pink slip, let go, show someone the door. See keep/release.

 
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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: official notice that you have been fired from your job
  Synonyms: dismissal, dismission


 
Wikipedia: pink slip


Pink slip refers to the practice, by a personnel department, of including a discharge notice (printed on pink paper) in an employee's pay envelope to notify the worker of his or her termination or lay-off. The term dates from 1915; originally the color of the paper had no particular significance. In the UK the equivalent of a pink slip is a P45.


 
 

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Dictionary. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2007, 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2007. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.  Read more
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