British EnglishBrEBEC a large amount of money given to someone when they leave their job 〔离职时数额可观的〕退职金,遣散费
Examples from the Corpus
golden handshake• Usually, you will be more concerned with compensation for loss of office colloquially known as a golden handshake.• And the reward for dismissal is a golden handshake of several years' pay.• Redundancypayment, or a golden handshake in lieu of notice, up to the value of £30,000.• I never negotiated a corporate prenuptial agreement and never received a golden handshake.• He should be able to spare £5,000 out of his golden handshake.• Good news about my golden handshake.• He will walk away with a reported golden handshake of £400,000.
From Longman Business Dictionary
golden handshakeˌgolden ˈhandshake (also handshake) noun [countableC]British EnglishBrEHUMAN RESOURCES
a large amount of money given to a senioremployee when he or she leaves a company, especially when they are being forced to leave
200 university lecturers were made redundant with golden handshakes averaging £80,000.
The retiring chief executive received a handshake of $27 million.