单词 |
lumpers |
释义 |
lumpers, n. pl. slang.|ˈlʌmpəz| [f. lump sum: cf. -er6.] A lump sum paid as compensation for loss of employment.
1960Economist 23 July 352/2 They all give the impression that they remain happiest when a colonial official takes his ‘lumpers’ (lump sum compensation) and retires for good. 1963Punch 17 July 77/2 The civil servants..deprived..of their career, have the consolation of their ‘lumpers’—..up to {pstlg}10,000. 1965New Society 11 Nov. 11/2 The settler saw the official receive the ‘golden handshake’ or ‘lumpers’. |

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