redundancy

S2 W2

BrE /rɪˈdʌndənsi/ AmE /rɪˈdʌndənsi/

noun en → es

1 UNEMPLOYMENT [singular] B2

the situation of being made to leave your job because the company no longer needs you, especially when this happens to a large number of people at the same time

despido por razones económicas, despido colectivo

redundancy payments

Collocations redundancy package · redundancy notice period

The company announced redundancies for 50 staff members.

La empresa anunció despidos colectivos para 50 empleados.

2 REDUNDANT [singular] C1

the unnecessary repetition of words or ideas in a sentence, text, etc.

redundancia, redundante

a case of redundancy

Collocations redundant information · redundant words

There is a lot of redundancy in this report.

Hay mucha redundancia en este informe.