Words / H / Business

hand in one's notice

phrase

B1CEFR level
25/100Rarity: fairly common
TechnicalRegister

To formally tell an employer that one intends to leave the job.

She handed in her notice the day after her bonus was paid.

Similar: resign, give notice

Topic: Human resources in Business English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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