Pink slip
WordNet

noun


(1)   Official notice that you have been fired from your job
WiktionaryText

Noun



  1. notice of the termination of employment
    After 20 years of dedicated service to the firm, they simply handed him a pink slip one day.
  2. (U.S.) the title for an automobile (source is most likely from California, where the title is printed on a smaller index-card sized piece of pink paper, as opposed to most other states where the title is typically a full-size 8 1/2" x 11" sheet, usually printed on blue or blue-green paper with borders, similar to a stock certificate)
  3. (New South Wales) an automobile roadworthiness inspection certificate

Related terms

  • green slip
  • P45 - UK and Irish equivalent for termination of employment.
 
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