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• v  put into a certain place or abstract location
• v  put in a horizontal position
• v  prepare or position for action or operation
• v  lay eggs
• v  impose as a duty, burden, or punishment
• s  set down according to a plan:"a carefully laid table with places set for four people"
  stones laid in a pattern

• Talking about it, though, is exactly what experts say you should be doing including with your laid-off co-workers.
• Research suggests the stress of being laid off is not quite as bad as that of keeping your job and feeling constantly worried about losing it.
• Getting laid off can lead to a series of emotions not unlike mourning, and spouses feel that, too.

• put
• set
• place
• pose
• position
• lay
• put down
• repose

News & Articles

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• Laid-Off Workers At Port Of Catoosa Approved For Benefits
  Laid-off workers at DMI Industries, a wind-tower plant at the Port of Catoosa, are now eligible for an assistance program.
  June 12, 2013 - News On 6 Tulsa
• Reports of thousands laid off at IBM, including several at Vermont plant
  The national coordinator for the Alliance at IBM said he's combing through reports of thousands laid off from IBM plants around the country. Several of those now-jobless employees are from Vermont's Essex Junction facility. Jason L'Ecuyer, who works in the Essex Junction plant's planning department, said many of those cuts happened in the morning. He took lunch outside of his IBM office to clear ...
  June 12, 2013 - WPTZ Burlington
• Photos: Army Spc. Jeremias Ortiz, of Passaic, is laid to rest in Clifton
  Army Spc. Jeremias Ortiz was laid to rest at East Ridgelawn Cemetary in Clifton after a funeral ceremony in Passaic. His family and friends gathered for the services.
  June 12, 2013 - The Record

Quotes

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• President Bush in Reuters
  One day people will look back at this moment in history and say 'thank God there were courageous people willing to serve' because they laid the foundation for peace for generations to come,Bush said after a roadside bomb killed four US...
• Patrick Fitzgerald in USA Today
  The breadth of corruption laid out in these charges is staggering,US Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald says.
• Robert Gates in Los Angeles Times
  The timetable the president has laid out still seems to be viable and does not significantly increase the risks to anybody,Gates told reporters in Jerusalem after meeting with Barak.