Sentence examples for the severance was from inspiring English sources

It said the severance was designed to help employees "remain fully focused" on their work despite any concerns raised by E.A.'s acquisition attempt.

Jeff D'Eliscu, a Water Pik spokesman, said that the severance was clearly spelled out in Mr. Hoopis's employment agreement and that "all employees in the company will have their options paid out" once the stock is delisted.

The severance was painful, but Bar says she "understood that the ultra-Orthodox path was one of getting married, having kids, and staying in the community for the rest of [her] life, there was no other option".

Terms of the severance were not disclosed.

The shareholders are asking that the severance be returned to Disney with interest, a total of about $200 million.

Sometimes the severance is actually caused by bereavement, and sometimes by unsynchronised retirement: carrying on after Ronnie Barker quit The Two Ronnies on health grounds, Ronnie Corbett remained permanently in work but would always seem to be followed by a shadow.

"The severance is enough to hold me over for a while," said one "but most of my team had new jobs lined up by the time they left the building anyway".

The initial severance was executed by counting the numbers of adenine, thymine, guanine, and cytosine at each position in the core ± 100.

One former colleague familiar with the details said such a severance was not common, especially for an employee with the woman's relatively short tenure and her pay grade.

Mr. Caplan's severance was double the salary and bonus he received for 2006.

The size of Nardelli's severance was startling, but his "heads I win, tails you lose" arrangement is far from unusual in corporate America these days.