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PINK SLIP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pink slip mean? 

PINK SLIP (noun)
  The noun PINK SLIP has 1 sense:

1. official notice that you have been fired from your jobplay

  Familiarity information: PINK SLIP used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PINK SLIP (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Official notice that you have been fired from your job

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

dismissal; dismission; pink slip

Hypernyms ("pink slip" is a kind of...):

notice (advance notification (usually written) of the intention to withdraw from an arrangement of contract)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pink slip"):

marching orders; walking papers ((informal) a notice of dismissal or discharge)


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