golden handshake

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Noun

golden handshake (plural golden handshakes)

(idiomatic) A generous severance payment, especially as an inducement to leave employment.
- 1997, Labour Research, volume 86, page 6:
  Lloyds TSB's 1996 accounts show that the executive fallout following the takeover of TSB by Lloyds meant the departure of two executives clutching substantial golden handshakes.

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generous severance payment

Chinese:
Cantonese: 肥雞餐／肥鸡餐 (fei⁴ gai¹ caan¹, literally “fat chicken meal”)
Finnish: kultainen kädenpuristus (fi)
French: gratification de fin de service f, indemnité de départ f, prime de départ (fr) f
German: goldener Handschlag m
Italian: buonuscita (it)
Polish: odprawa (pl) f
Romanian: contract verbal n

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