a golden handshake

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a golden handshake

a large sum of money which is given to someone when they leave a company, especially if they are forced to leave The manager got early retirement and a £600,000 golden handshake when the company was restructured.

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In a statement the Stuttgart-based firm said an agreement on the resignations had been reached with the supervisory board, and that Wiedeking -- said to be the best-paid executive in Germany -- will get a golden handshake worth 50 million euros (71 million dollars), with half that sum going to a "social foundation". Porsche boss Wiedeking, financial director are out by AFP / AFP Global Edition He was someone who wasn't doing his job and to be allowed to walk off into the sunset with a golden handshake is I think something most people will find very irritating. GORMLEY CALL OVER NEARY'S EUR630,000 by The Mirror (London, England) These are the same civil servants for whom you and I are having to work until we are 70 years old, to pay for their government pensions, so they can retire at 60 years of age on a golden handshake and a pension vastly superior to ours. No sense out of officialdom by South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales)			a free ride a free spirit a free-for-all a French letter A friend in need a frog in throat a fuddy-duddy a full plate a full-court press a funny farm a game plan a gas guzzler a generation gap a gentle giant a ghost of a chance a ginger group a girl Friday a glamour girl a glass ceiling a gleam in eye a glutton for punishment a go-getter a God-given right a gold digger a golden boy a golden handshake A golden key can open any door a golden oldie a golden parachute a good a good egg A good husband makes a good wife a good many a good Samaritan A good time was had by all a good-for-nothing a goody-goody a Gordian knot a grab bag a grain of truth a grass widow a greasy spoon a great deal a grey area a grin like a Cheshire cat a grip on a grip on oneself A growing youth has a wolf in his belly a guiding light a guilt trip A guilty conscience needs no accuser			A Girl Called Sam a girl Friday A Girl's World a glamor girl a glamor puss a glamour girl a glamour puss a glass ceiling a gleam in eye a gleam in eye a gleam in eye a gleam in eye a gleam in eye A Global Overview of Renewable Energy Sources A Global Threat a glut on the market a glutton for punishment A GNU/Linux Audio Distribution a go at someone A Go Go a go-getter A Go-Go a God-given right a gogo à gogo a gold digger a golden boy a golden girl a golden handshake A golden key can open any door a golden oldie a golden parachute a good a good deal a good deal a good deal a good deal of a good egg A good husband makes a good wife A good Jack makes a good Jill A good landfall A good leg A Good Man Is Hard to Find A Good Man Is Hard to Find a good many a good many a good many a good personality a good Samaritan A Good Time Had By All A good time was had by all a good-for-nothing a goody-goody a Gordian knot a grab bag A grain of allowance a grain of truth a grasp of

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