noun (plural redundancies)
1 [U,C,usually pl.] (BrE) the situation when sb has to leave their job because there is no more work available for them:
Thousands of factory workers are facing redundancy in the New Year. * to accept / take voluntary redundancy (= to offer to leave your job) * the threat of compulsory redundancies * redundancy payments * 200 workers have been issued with redundancy notices.
seealsoLAY-OFF
2 [U] (formal or technical) the state of not being necessary or useful:
Natural language is characterized by redundancy (= words are used that are not really necessary for sb to understand the meaning).
