golden handshake
Example Sentences
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He leaves with a golden handshake and a promise not to work for a competitor for two years.
From Reuters
"And then I saw the all important 'golden handshake' letter and it just blew my mind."
From BBC
Scudamore, the Premier League’s highest-paid executive, earned a basic salary in the low seven figures – news of the £5m “golden handshake” he received on his way out caused a brief furore in December.
From The Guardian
“We know there are people taking their golden handshake from us here and knowing that they have a job and then attacking us,” said Sidibé.
From The Guardian
It will put an end to the legalized extortion that is endemic today -- in which an employee fabricates or even provokes a story of harassment in order to get a golden handshake.
From New York Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
