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sack

noun

A bag; especially a large bag of strong, coarse material for storage and handling of various commodities, such as potatoes, coal, coffee; or, a bag with handles used at a supermarket, a grocery sack; or, a small bag for small items, a satchel.

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He has introduced bonuses for workers who turn up sober and refrain from stealing, and the sack for those who do not.

A small drugs charity that was forced to sack almost a third of its staff because of funding cuts has seen a surge in donations, after being featured in a BBC drama this week.

It will also give power to any future finance minister to recruit "special managers" who could take over any troubled bank in the future and have the ability to sack directors and overrule shareholders.

"If I was the president I would sack the coach and almost the entire squad.

The third, and by far the most sensational, gesture compelled Heath to sack him from the shadow cabinet in April 1968, because of the 'rivers of blood' speech he made in Birmingham about immigration.

The clergyman, who befriended the troubled rock singer Pete Doherty when the star spent 13 nights in Pentonville in January for drugs offences, now faces the sack and could lose his prison-owned home.

Facebook Twitter Google plus Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Google plus close 1.27pm AEST04:27 Q: How much confidence do you have in the PNG government given the allegations of corruption against Peter O'Neill and his decision to sack the man who brought forward those allegations?

It has been alleged that former Labor minister Eddie Obeid's family had a secret 30% holding in AWH and that Obeid tried to have Sydney Water managing director Kerry Schott fired, urging then water minister Phillip Costa to "sack the bitch".

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