Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mutual consent

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.00 in modern English

Syllables: mu-tu-al -con-sent
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Agreement between the employer and employee to terminate the employment contract.

Uncountable

noun

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see mutual, consent.

Uncountable

verb

Alternative form of mutually consent

Example Sentences

"By the following morning, Dan Ashworth had been mutual-consented out of the club: five months’ gardening leave followed by five months of actual work, a truly magnificent piece of living satire, even before you consider the compensation United had to pay Newcastle to secure him and the hefty payoff he must have received."
"High on Enzo Maresca’s list of recriminations aimed at the BlueCo hierarchy upon his mutual consenting last month will have been their failure to sign a new centre-back after Levi Colwill was struck down with a long-term injury on eve of the season."

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

mutual consents (present, singular) mutual consenting (participle, present) mutual consented (participle, past) mutual consented (past)

Questions

What does mutual consent mean?: Agreement between the employer and employee to terminate the employment contract.

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