golden handshake

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Noun

golden handshake (plural golden handshakes)

1. (idiomatic) A generous severance payment, especially as an inducement to leave employment.
   • 1997, Labour Research, volume 86, page 6:

     Lloyds TSB's 1996 accounts show that the executive fallout following the takeover of TSB by Lloyds meant the departure of two executives clutching substantial golden handshakes.

Related terms

• golden handcuffs
• golden hello
• golden parachute
• golden shower
• green handshake

Translations

generous severance payment

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 肥雞餐／肥鸡餐 (fei⁴ gai¹ caan¹, literally “fat chicken meal”)

• Finnish: kultainen kädenpuristus (fi)
• French: gratification de fin de service f, indemnité de départ f, prime de départ (fr) f
• German: goldener Handschlag m
• Italian: buonuscita (it)
• Polish: odprawa (pl) f
• Romanian: contract verbal n