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licencier

French → English

verb//li.sɑ̃.sje//

(employment) To dismiss an employee from their job, often for economic reasons; to lay off

L'entreprise a dû licencier cent ouvriers suite à la fermeture de l'usine.

(English) The company had to lay off a hundred workers following the factory closure.

Le gérant a été licencié après la découverte d'un détournement de fonds.

(English) The manager was dismissed after the discovery of an embezzlement of funds.

Entry ID: fr:en:licencier · Source: refined · Type: vocabulary