PINK SLIP

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Official notice that you have been fired from your job

Synonyms:

dismissal; dismission; pink slip

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

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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