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golden handcuffs

idiom

Any arrangement or agreement designed to provide extremely favorable benefits or pay, so as to discourage a participant from choosing to leave it, especially to retain a choice employee in a role that is unpleasant to them.


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  1. 01

    golden age

    A period of happiness, peace, prosperity, and great progress.

  2. 02

    golden goose

    Something that generates much profit or gives great advantages.

  3. 03

    golden handshake

    A generous severance payment, especially as an inducement to leave employment.

  4. 04

    golden hello

    A payment offered to an employee as an inducement to join, especially if currently working for a competitor.

  5. 05

    golden mean

    A position of balance between excess and deficiency.

  6. 06

    golden opportunity

    Ideal moment to do something.

  7. 07

    golden parachute

    An agreement between a company and an employee, usually an executive, specifying that the employee will receive certain significant benefits if employment is terminated.

  8. 08

    golden rule

    A fundamental rule or principle.

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