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— English words —

• layoff n. (Chiefly US) A dismissal of employees from their jobs because of tightened budgetary constraints or…
• layoff n. A period of time when someone is unavailable for work.
• layoff n. (Britain, soccer) A short pass that has been rolled in front of another player for them to kick.
• layoff n. A bet that is laid off, i.e. placed with another bookmaker in order to reduce risk.
• lay-off n. Alternative spelling of layoff.
• lay␣off v. (Transitive, chiefly US, idiomatic) (of an employer) To dismiss (workers) from employment, e.g. at a…
• lay␣off v. (Transitive, of a bookmaker) To place all or part of a bet with another bookmaker in order to reduce risk.
• lay␣off v. (Transitive, idiomatic) To cease, quit, stop (doing something).
• lay␣off v. (Transitive and intransitive, idiomatic) To stop bothering, teasing, or pestering someone; to leave (someone) alone.
• lay␣off v. (Transitive, intransitive, art) In painting, to apply gentle strokes to smooth a wet coat of paint so…
• lay␣off v. (Transitive) To plan out (a navigational course) using a chart.

— English words, defined in French —

• layoff n. (États-Unis) Licenciement.
• lay-off n. Variante orthographique de layoff.
• lay␣off v. (États-Unis) Licencier.

92 English words from 11 English definitions

all alone Alternative and another apply art because because␣of been bet bookmaker bothering Britain budgetary cease chart chiefly coat constraints course dismiss dismissal doing employees employer employment for from front gentle has idiomatic in␣front in␣front␣of in␣order in␣order␣to intransitive jobs kick laid laid␣off layoff leave navigational of␣a of␣an off order out paint painting part pass period period␣of␣time pestering place placed plan plan␣out player quit reduce risk rolled rolled␣in short short␣pass smooth soccer someone something spelling stop strokes teasing that that␣is their them tightened time To␣plan Transitive unavailable using wet when with work workers

2 English words from 3 foreign definitions

layoff Unis

1 foreign word from 11 English definitions

has␣been

6 foreign words from 3 foreign definitions

États États-Unis Licenciement Licencier orthographique Variante

2 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

layoffs lay-offs

5 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

playoffs play-offs playoff␣beard playoff␣beards Shaughnessy␣playoffs

7 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

playoff play-off play␣off nonplayoff postlayoff preplayoff Shaughnessy␣playoff

9 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

ayo AYO lay Lay off -off off- off. Off.

3 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

FFO foy Foy

3 anagrams (New words found by changing the order of the letters.)

offaly Offaly offlay

8 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

layoffs lay-offs lays␣off offally offlays playoff play-off play␣off

2 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

offal offly

6 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

day␣off Lakoff payoff pay-off pay␣off way␣off

One epenthesis (New word found when adding only one letter.)

lays␣off

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