de-accession

de-accession
   to dismiss from employment
   Denying people access to the former place of work:
    Not much help here from Morgan, which is currently de-accessioning 1,500 staff. (Daily Telegraph, 12 June 2001)

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  • accession — [ aksesjɔ̃ ] n. f. • XIIe; lat. accessio I ♦ Le fait d accéder. 1 ♦ Vx Arrivée. 2 ♦ (XVIIIe; empr. angl.) Accession au trône, le fait d y monter. ⇒ avènement. 3 ♦ Fig. et mod. Le fait d accéder, d arriver (à un état, une situation) …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • accession — ac·ces·sion /ik se shən, ak / n 1: increase by something added; specif: the mode of acquiring property by which the owner of property (as a building, land, or cattle) becomes the owner of an addition by growth, improvement, increase, or labor 2:… …   Law dictionary

  • Accession — (from Lat. accedere , to go to, to approach), in law, a method of acquiring property adopted from Roman law (see: accessio ), by which, in things that have a close connection with or dependence on one another, the property of the principal draws… …   Wikipedia

  • Accession — • Method of acquiring ownership of a thing arising from the fact that it is in some way added to, or is the fruit of something already belonging to oneself Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Accession     Accession …   Catholic encyclopedia

  • Accession — Ac*ces sion, n. [L. accessio, fr. accedere: cf. F. accession. See {Accede}.] 1. A coming to; the act of acceding and becoming joined; as, a king s accession to a confederacy. [1913 Webster] 2. Increase by something added; that which is added;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Accession number — may mean: * Accession number (bioinformatics), a unique identifier given to a biological polymer sequence (DNA, protein) when it is submitted to a sequence database. * Accession number (library science), the sequential number given to each new… …   Wikipedia

  • Accession of Poland to the European Union — took place in May 2004. Poland had been negotiation with the EU since 1989.With the fall of communism in 1989/1990 in Poland, Poland embarked on a series of reforms and changes in foreign policy, intending to join the EU and NATO, became… …   Wikipedia

  • accession negotiations — European Union Accession negotiations relate to the adoption and implementation of the community acquis by candidate countries. Each country is judged on its own merits from the point of view of compliance with the accession criteria.… …   Law dictionary

  • accession agreements — in the law of the European Union agreements concluded between the communities and states that are not member states, usually, in their terms, with a view to membership . They are not legally different from other agreements; it is the definition… …   Law dictionary

  • accession — [n1] something that augments, adds to accretion, addition, augmentation, enlargement, extension, increase, increment, raise, rise; concepts 700,775 accession [n2] coming to power assumption, attainment, inauguration, induction, investment,… …   New thesaurus

  • accession — [ak sesh′ən, əksesh′ən] n. [Fr < L accessio < accessus, ACCESS] 1. the act of coming to or attaining (a throne, power, etc.) [the accession of a new king] 2. assent; agreement 3. a) increase by addition b) an item adde …   English World dictionary

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