[1] : WordNet (r) 2.0

lay off
     v 1: put an end to a state or an activity; "quit teasing your
          little brother" syn: discontinue, stop, cease, give
          up, quit ant: continue
     2: dismiss, usually for economic reasons; "she was laid off
        together with hundreds of other workers when the company
        downsized" syn: furlough
see also:
discontinue stop cease give up quit continue 
furlough 

[2] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

141 moby thesaurus words for "lay off":
   abandon, abort, aestivate, belay, blueprint, boot, bounce, bound,
   break, breathe, bump, bust, call a strike, call it quits, can,
   cancel, cashier, cease, chart, circle in, circumscribe, close down,
   close shop, cut it out, define, defrock, degrade, delimit,
   delimitate, demarcate, demote, deplume, depose, deprive, desist,
   determine, diagram, disbar, discharge, discontinue, disemploy,
   dismiss, displace, displume, drop it, drum out, enclose, end,
   expel, fire, fix, furlough, give over, give the ax, give the gate,
   go on strike, graph, halt, have done with, have nothing on,
   hibernate, hold, kick, kick upstairs, knock it off, knock off,
   lay by, lay out, lay to, leave off, let go, let out, lie by,
   lie dormant, lie fallow, lie idle, lie off, lie to, lie up,
   make redundant, map, map out, mark boundaries, mark off, mark out,
   mark the periphery, measure off, measure out, pace off, pause,
   pension off, plot, plot out, quit, read out of, recess, refrain,
   release, relinquish, remove, renounce, replace, retire,
   ride at anchor, rope off, rule off, sack, scrub, secure,
   separate forcibly, set off, set out, set the limit, shut down,
   shut up shop, sketch, sketch out, specify, spell, stake out, stay,
   step off, stop, stop for breath, strike, strip, superannuate,
   surplus, surround, suspend, take a break, take a recess,
   take a rest, take five, take ten, take time out, terminate,
   turn off, turn out, unfrock, walk out

Blow Off >> B Words
Blow Off, definition of term: Blow Off
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Branch Off >> B Words
Branch Off, definition of term: Branch Off
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Break Off >> B Words
Break Off, definition of term: Break Off
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Bite Off >> B Words
Bite Off, definition of term: Bite Off
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Better Off >> B Words
Better Off, definition of term: Better Off
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Back Off >> B Words
Back Off, definition of term: Back Off
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Bear Off >> B Words
Bear Off, definition of term: Bear Off
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Application Lay >> A Words
Application Lay, definition of term: Application Lay
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CNN.com - American Airlines to lay off 3,100 - May. 15, 2003
...FORT WORTH, Texas (CNN) -- American Airlines will lay off 3,123 flight ... lay off 3,123 flight attendants beginning July 1 -- a result of cost- ... ..
http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/Southwest/05/15/american.layoffs/index.html, score=100, date indexed=December 21, 2005, 1:26 pm

Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | Lay off US Powell tells Europeans
...Lay off US Powell tells Europeans Julian Borger in Washington. ... Just days before President George Bush sets off on a crucial tour of ... ..
http://www.guardian.co.uk/eu/story/0,7369,717800,00.html, score=89, date indexed=December 21, 2005, 10:45 am

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