licenziare — meaning in English

English meaning

• can verb To be able to do something, or to know how to do it.
• dismiss verb To fire someone from a job, or to formally end someone's employment.
• fire noun The chemical reaction of burning, producing heat, light, and flame.

Senses

licenziare is used for these senses in English:

• can (US, euphemistic, transitive) To fire or dismiss an employee.
• dismiss (transitive) To reject; to refuse to accept.
• fire (transitive, employment) To terminate the employment contract of (an employee), especially for cause (such as misconduct, incompetence, or poor performance).
• lay off (transitive, chiefly, US, idiom) (of an employer) To dismiss (workers) from employment, e.g. at a time of low business volume or through no fault of the worker, often with a severance package.

can — full definition

1. verb To be able to do something, or to know how to do it.
2. verb Used to say something is allowed or permitted.
3. noun A sealed metal container, especially for food or drink.
4. verb To preserve food by sealing it in an airtight can or jar.
5. verb Informally, to dismiss someone from a job, or to scrap a plan.

dismiss — full definition

1. verb To fire someone from a job, or to formally end someone's employment.
2. verb To refuse to take something seriously or to consider it worth thinking about.
3. verb To tell someone they are free to leave.

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