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layer lay‧er [ˈleɪə ǁ -ər] noun
• We are operating with fewer layers of management.
[singular] informal HUMAN RESOURCES people in a company or organization who have important jobs but who are just below the highest position:
• If partners received fewer shares, the surplus could be distributed to the so-called marzipan layer of key managing directors just below partnership level.
— compare middle management ➔ management* * *
layer UK US /leɪər/ noun [C]
► HR layer of bureaucracy/management »
She argued that a joint governing board was a needless layer of bureaucracy.
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We've cut the number of management layers from five to three.
► layer of paint/soil/plastic, etc. »
The case was made of layers of plastic, paint, and titanium.
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a protective/waterproof/insulating layer
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a layer of complexity/meaning
Financial and business terms.
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