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# outplacement

noun (outplacement, uncountable); business jargon

«outplacement» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (euphemism, jargon) help paid by a company to workers it has fired, to find new jobs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outplacement/#m1)
2. (euphemism) the firing itself, described politely. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outplacement/#m2)

### In the lessons

Companies use it when cutting jobs to sound caring; it focuses on the help, not on the sacking. Jargon register, all English-speaking countries.

### Examples

- The company offered outplacement services to the laid-off staff. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outplacement/#x1)
- Outplacement includes help writing CVs and practice interviews. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outplacement/#x2)
- After the factory closed, workers got three months of outplacement. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outplacement/#x3)
- «Outplacement» sounds nice, but it means you lost your job. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outplacement/#x4)
- She works for an outplacement firm. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outplacement/#x5)
- The letter said I'd been «selected for outplacement». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outplacement/#x6)

### Note

It is not «placing you outside»; it is job-hunting help after being fired. Plain words: help after being fired, being fired.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «outplacement» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outplacement/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«outplacement» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/outplacement.html) on Mova free.