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a golden handshake
USUK
a large sum of money paid to someone when they leave a job
Used about senior staff or early retirement deals, often in business news.
In context
The chief executive left with a golden handshake worth two years' salary.
Older staff were offered a golden handshake to retire early.
More idioms about money
- a cash cowa product or business that steadily makes a lot of money
- a false economya way of saving money that ends up costing more later
- a gold minea business or thing that makes a lot of money, or a rich source of something
- a money pitsomething, often a house or car, that costs you much more money than it is worth
- a nest eggan amount of money saved over time for the future, such as retirement