velvet handcuffs
velvet handcuffs · velvet handcuffses
Golden handcuffs: any arrangement designed to provide favorable benefits or pay so as…Golden handcuffs: any arrangement designed to provide favorable benefits or pay so as to discourage a participant from choosing to leave it.
Meaning
2 senses(idiomatic, plural, plural only)Golden handcuffs: any arrangement designed to provide favorable benefits or pay so as to discourage a participant from choosing to leave it.
(plural, plural only)Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see velvet, handcuffs.
Forms
plural: velvet handcuffses| Singular | velvet handcuffs |
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Synonyms
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