Severance has 3 syllables and the stress is on the first syllable.
| # | Sentence | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | It's just not right to fire Tom without giving him severance pay. | |
| 2. | You'll be given two weeks severance pay. | |
| 3. | How much severance pay did you get? | |
| 4. | We offered Tom a month's severance pay. | |
| 5. | The firm's decision to lay off a number of workers was made more palatable by the payment of severance benefits to the affected workers and reassurances that they would be retrained for other jobs. | |
| 6. | How much severance pay will we have to pay Tom? |