English
redundancy
Pronunciation
  • (RP) IPA: /ɹɪˈdʌnd(ə)nsi/
  • (GA) IPA: /ɹɪˈdʌndən(t)si/, /ɹə-/
Noun

redundancy

  1. The state of being redundant
  2. A superfluity; something redundant or excessive; a needless repetition in language
  3. Duplication of components or circuits to provide survival of the total system in case of failure of single components.
    • 2006, Lauren Bean, Richard E. Friedman, Chapter 5: School Safety in the Twenty First Century: Adapting to New Security Challenges Post-9/11, James J. F. Forest (editor), Homeland Security: Protecting America′s Targets, Volume 2: Public Spaces and Social Institutions, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=rIKTDOOsK8gC&pg=PA108&dq=%22redundancy%22|redundancies%22+staff+-intitle:%22redundancy%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=wBYAUMywFI-jiAfvrKCOCA&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22redundancy%22|redundancies%22%20staff%20-intitle%3A%22redundancy%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 108],
      Staff redundancy is needed in the event that a supervisor and key unit supervisors are not present or unable to act in an emergency.
  4. Duplication of parts of a message to guard against transmission errors.
  5. (chiefly, UK, Australia, New Zealand) The state of being unemployed because one's job is no longer necessary; the dismissal of such an employee; a layoff.
    • 1981, New Zealand House of Representatives. Parliamentary Debates, Volume 442, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=0WQrAQAAIAAJ&q=%22redundancy%22|redundancies%22+staff+-intitle:%22redundancy%22+-inauthor:%22%22&dq=%22redundancy%22|redundancies%22+staff+-intitle:%22redundancy%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=wBYAUMywFI-jiAfvrKCOCA&redir_esc=y page 4212],
      Has he received any representation from Air New Zealand management about redundancy proposals for Air New Zealand staff; and, if so, do these proposals include redundancy agreements?
    • 1983, UK House of Commons, Papers by Command, Volume 40, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=k046AQAAIAAJ&q=%22redundancy%22|redundancies%22+staff+-intitle:%22redundancy%22+-inauthor:%22%22&dq=%22redundancy%22|redundancies%22+staff+-intitle:%22redundancy%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=wBYAUMywFI-jiAfvrKCOCA&redir_esc=y page lvi],
      The potential savings did not take into account once-and-for-all staff redundancy costs of £16.5 million and unspecified costs involved in increasing stock levels […] .
    • 2003, K. Brendow, Restructuring Estonia′s Oil Shale Industry: What Lessons from the Restructuring the Coal Industries in Central and Eastern Europe?, Oil Shale, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=tvHajBzl6T8C&pg=PA307&dq=%22redundancy%22|redundancies%22+staff+-intitle:%22redundancy%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=wBYAUMywFI-jiAfvrKCOCA&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false page 307],
      In Estonia, in addition, the ethnical aspects of staff redundancy programmes have to be taken into account.
  6. (law) surplusage inserted in a pleading which may be rejected by the court without impairing the validity of what remains.
Synonyms Antonyms Translations Translations Translations Translations
  • French: chômage économique
  • German: (kind of dismissal) betriebsbedingte Kündigung; (kind of unemployment) strukturelle Arbeitslosigkeit


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