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View synonyms for golden handcuffs
golden handcuffs
[ gohl-duhn hand-kuhfs ]
plural noun
- incentives like bonuses, raises, insurance plans, and flexible hours that discourage employees from leaving a company:
She wasn’t especially happy in her job, but the healthcare benefits were the golden handcuffs that kept her from looking elsewhere.
golden handcuffs
plural noun
- informal.payments deferred over a number of years that induce a person to stay with a particular company or in a particular job
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Word History and Origins
Origin of golden handcuffs1
First recorded in 1985–90
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Idioms and Phrases
Financial benefits that an employee will lose upon resigning, as in The company's presented all the middle managers with golden handcuffs, so they can't afford to leave . This slangy business expression dates from the 1970s.Advertisement
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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