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truce (noun) (collocations: hold / break)
a brief interruption in a war or argument, or an agreement to stop fighting or arguing for a period of time
shuttle diplomacy (noun)
indirect discussions between two or more countries, in which someone travels between the different countries, talking to the governments involved, carring messages and suggesting ways of dealing with problems
suspend (talks)
(verbal phrase)
oficially stop something for a short time
resume (talks)
(verbal phrase)
start again after stopping temporarily
broker (noun)
a person who talks to opposing sides, especially governments, making agreements for them or bringing to an end disagreement
martial law (noun)
the control of a city, country etc. by an army instead of by its usual leaders
civilian (noun)
a person who is not a member of the police or the armes forces
handover (noun)
the giving of control of or responsibility for something to someone else
unrest (noun)
disagreement or fighting between different groups of people
clash (verb)
to fight or argue
riot (noun)
a noisly, violent, and uncontrolled public gathering
riot (verb)
to take part in a riot
loot (verb)
to steal from shops and houses (usually of large numbers of people during a violent event)
nine-to-five (adj.)
of, pertaining to, or during the workday, especialls the hours from 9am to 5pm, when offices are characteristically open for business
commute (verb)
to make the same journey regularly between work and home
communter (noun)
someone who regularly travels bwtween work and home
fringe benefit (noun)
something that you get because or your job which is additional to your pay but is not in the form of money
perk (informal non)
an advantage of benefit, such as money or goods, which you are given because of your job
headhunter (noun)
a person who tries to persuade someone to leave thier job by offering them another job with more pay and a higher position
to dismiss
to remove someone from their job, especially beacuase they have done something wrong
to sack
to dismiss someone from a job, usually because they habe done something wrong or badly, or sometimes as a way of saving the cost of employing them
to fire
to remove someone from their job, either because they have done something wrong or badly, or as a way of saving the cost of employing them
to lay off
when someone stops employing someone, sometimes temporarily, because there is no money to pay them or because there is no work for them
massive layoffs / mass layoffs (collocations)
a period when someone is not working
redundant (adj.) (UK)
having lost your job because your employer no longer need you
to axe
to reduce services, jobs, payments greatly or completely without warning or in a single action
jobseeker's allowance (noun)
in the UK, money that the government pays to unemployed people who are looking for a job
unemployment benefit (noun) (synonym)
jobseeker's allowance
the dole (informal UK noun)
the money that the government gives to people who are unemployed
dole queue (informal UK noun)
UK, social welfare number of people on welfare: the number of people who are unemployed and claiming money from the government
strike (verb) (struck, struck)
to stop work; to refuse to continue workling because of an argument with an employer about working conditions, pay levels or job losses
industrial action (noun)
when workers act in a way that is intended to force an employer to agree to something, especially by stopping work
stoppage (noun)
a time when work is stopped because of a disagreement between workers and employers
walkout (noun)
the act of leaving an official meeting as a group in order to show dosapproval, or of leaving a place of work to start a strike
trade union (UK); labor union (US)
an organisation that represents the people who work in a particular industry, protects their rights, and discusses their pay and workling conditions with employers
blackleg (disapproving UK noun)
a person who works while others that they work with are on a strike; a scab
scan (inf. disap. noun)
an insulting word for a person who continues workling while other people in the organisation are on strike
strike-breaker (noun)
someone who continues working during a strike or who takes the job of a worker who is involved in a strike
picket (noun)
a worker or group or workers who protest outside a building to prevent other workers from going inside, especialls because they have a disagreement with their employers
picket line (noun)
a group of workers acting as pickets
