sack // noun, verb

■ noun

1 [C]

a large bag with no handles, made of strong rough material or strong paper or plastic, used for storing and carrying things in:

The rice is sold in 20kg sacks.

2 (AmE) [C]

a strong paper bag for carrying shopping:

a grocery sack

3 [C]

the contents of a sack:

a sack of flour/potatoes

◆ (AmE) a sack of groceries

4 the sack [sing.] (BrE) (informal)

being told by your employer that you can no longer work for a company, etc., usually because of sth that you have done wrong:

She got the sack for being late every day.

After several arguments with his boss, he was given the sack.

Four hundred workers face the sack.

SYN DISMISSAL

■ verb [+ obj] (BrE) (informal)

to dismiss sb from a job:

The sales manager was sacked after the results were announced.

calls for the sacking of the CEO See note at DISMISS

• executive assistant
• executive chairman
• executive director
• executive information system
• executive leasing
• executive search
• executive secretary
• executive summary
• executive vice-president
• executor
• executrix
• exemplary damages
• exempt
• exemption
• exercise
• exercise price
• ex gratia
• exhaust
• exhibit
• exhibition
• exhibitor
• Eximbank
• exit
• exit interview
• exit package