Answer:

severance

Answer	Crossword Clue
SEVERANCE	Breaking off, as of relations.
SEVERANCE	Partition.
SEVERANCE	... pay.

SEVERANCE	One kind of pay.
SEVERANCE	Kind of pay
SEVERANCE	Division
SEVERANCE	Kind of check
SEVERANCE	Pay after a layoff
SEVERANCE	Kind of package
SEVERANCE	Cabbage for canning?

Crossword

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