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P45

noun

  1. a severance form issued by HMRC via an employer to a person leaving employment

  2. informal,  to be dismissed from one's employment

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Yet, turn on the radio or glance at the headlines and Labour appears to be flirting with the unthinkable – giving him his P45.

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P45 must be issued soon if this season is to bring any form of success.

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A P45 came only eight months after the same reassurance for Jones.

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Some nerves have been calmed by the No 10 reboot – with the exit of Sue Gray, given a P45 from her big job as chief of staff, Sir Keir has “shown he can be ruthless”, says an MP.

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Mike: Really Ten Hag??? 3-2 down and you bring on two defenders... you playing for your P45???

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