Topic: EMPLOYMENT
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re‧dun‧dan‧cy S2
plural redundancies
plural redundancies1 [uncountable and countable] British EnglishBE a situation in which someone has to leave their job, because they are no longer needed [= layoff]: 
The closure of the export department resulted in over 100 redundancies.Two thousand workers now face redundancy. An employee is not eligible for a redundancy payment unless he has been with the company for two years.
The closure of the export department resulted in over 100 redundancies.Two thousand workers now face redundancy.An employee is not eligible for a redundancy payment unless he has been with the company for two years.2 [uncountable] when something is not used because something similar or the same already exists
