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Definition of Give notice

1. Verb. Terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position. "The company terminated 25% of its workers"

2. Verb. Inform (somebody) of something. "I advised him that the rent was due"

Definition of Give notice

1. Verb. (&lit give notice) ¹

2. Verb. (idiomatic) To announce one's intent to leave a job; to inform an employer that one is leaving. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Give Notice

give him enough rope and he'll hang himself give hostage to fortune give in give into give it a shot give it a try give it a whirl give it one's best shot give it some welly give it the deep six

give it the gun give it up give lie to give me give me liberty or give me death give notice (current term) give of oneself give off give one's all give one's best

give one's eye-teeth give one's notice give one enough rope give oneself airs give or take give out give over give place give rise give rise to

Literary usage of Give notice

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1885)
"... cases to give notice of the day of payment to us policy holders; such is and was the uniform usage and custom with all insurance companies, ..."

2. Commentaries on American Law by James Kent, John Melville Gould, Oliver Wendell Holmes (1901)
"It is sufficient to give notice of the fact.(i) If several parts, as is usual, ... An agent of the holder is allowed one day to give notice to his principal ..."

3. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1917)
"... it was held that a failure of the insured to give notice or make any claim for loss on account of a theft by the president of cash and securities, ..."

4. Outlines of the Law of Agency by Floyd Russell Mechem (1903)
"The agent will be liable for interest if he fails to pay over on demand or if he fails to give notice of the collection. The statute of limitations will ..."

5. Company Precedents, for Use in Relation to Companies Subject to the by Francis Beaufort Palmer (1881)
"An extension of the time to give notice to cross-examine is frequently granted upon application by summons. See further Dan. Form, p. ..."

6. Treaty of Peace with Germany by Germany (1918- ), Germany (1918- ) Treaties, etc. 1918-, Allied and Associated Powers (1914-1920), United States Congress Senate, Germany, etc. 1918 Treaties, June 28 Treaty with Germany, 1919 (1919)
"Senator KNOX. Notice that it shall not apply, it seems to me to mean. What I want to find out is whether we have got to give notice to stay ..."

7. Treaty of Peace with Germany by Germany (1918- ), Germany (1918- ) Treaties, etc. 1918-, Allied and Associated Powers (1914-1920), United States Congress Senate, Germany, etc. 1918 Treaties, June 28 Treaty with Germany, 1919 (1919)
"What I want to find put is whether we have got to give notice to stay in or to give ... Yes; we are automatically out unless we give notice to get in, ..."

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