noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
golden handshake
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
golden
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Good news about my golden handshake .
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I never negotiated a corporate prenuptial agreement and never received a golden handshake .
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Redundancy payment, or a golden handshake in lieu of notice, up to the value of £30,000.
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And the reward for dismissal is a golden handshake of several years' pay.
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Usually, you will be more concerned with compensation for loss of office colloquially known as a golden handshake .
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He should be able to spare £5,000 out of his golden handshake .
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He will walk away with a reported golden handshake of £400,000.
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A soft approach can be taken with management on job security, benefits-in-kind, salaries, golden handshakes and so on.
■ VERB
give
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When he sways forward to give Ward a darting handshake Ward thinks of a sapling, bowing.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Nancy has a nice firm handshake .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A flurry of handshakes and he is back in the car.
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And then I saw him a couple of months ago, his voice muted by a stroke, his handshake softened.
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He came to his front door to say goodbye, which he did with a handshake and a slight bow.
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He had a good handshake , Trent thought, as they shook on the deal.
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He stuck out his hand for a handshake .
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In Gulu, a deeply religious town still torn between fear and hope, a handshake has become a sin.
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Nice firm handshake , look her in the eye.