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a golden handshake

a golden handshake

a large sum of money which is given to someone when they leave a company, especially if they are forced to leave The manager got early retirement and a ￡600,000 golden handshake when the company was restructured.
See also: golden, handshake

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
CatherinKATH-ə-rin, KATH-rinEnglish (Rare)
Estienne-Medieval French
Age (2)-Estonian
Arturoahr-TOO-roItalian, Spanish
Mared-Welsh
Adnan-Arabic, Turkish, Bosnian, Urdu
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