1. (

• sacking ,
• bagging

) coarse fabric used for bags or sacks ;

2. (

• dismissal ,
• dismission ,
• discharge ,
• firing ,
• liberation ,
• release ,
• sack ,
• sacking

) the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart) ;

1. (

• sack ,
• plunder ,

) plunder (a town) after capture; "the barbarians sacked Rome" ;

2. (

• displace ,
• fire ,
• give_notice ,
• can ,
• dismiss ,
• give_the_axe ,
• send_away ,
• sack ,
• force_out ,
• give_the_sack ,
• terminate ,

) terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position; "The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company terminated 25% of its workers" ;

3. (

• net ,
• sack ,
• sack_up ,
• clear ,

) make as a net profit; "The company cleared $1 million" ;

4. (

• sack

) put in a sack; "The grocer sacked the onions" ;