Wiktionary
alt. 1 (&lit give notice English) 2 (context idiomatic English) To announce one's intent to leave a job; to inform an employer that one is leaving. vb. 1 (&lit give notice English) 2 (context idiomatic English) To announce one's intent to leave a job; to inform an employer that one is leaving.
WordNet
v. terminate the employment of; "The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company terminated 25% of its workers" [syn: fire, can, dismiss, give the axe, send away, sack, force out, give the sack, terminate] [ant: hire]
give information or notice to; "I advised him that the rent was due" [syn: advise, notify, send word, apprise, apprize]
Usage examples of "give notice".
Whereupon Stubb quickly pulled to the floating body, and hailing the Pequod to give notice of his intentions, at once proceeded to reap the fruit of his unrighteous cunning.
And the Bishop and his officers shall give notice to the Bailiff or authority of the secular Court that on such a day at such an hour and in such a place (not inside a church) he should come with his attendants to receive an impenitent heretic whom they will deliver to him.
Housed at Washington, his business is to direct the storms of the whole country upon New England, and to give notice in advance.
The appearance of the servants looking out for them to give notice of the carriages was a joyful sight.
At first solitary tinkles pass from church to church, as when musicians give notice that they are going to begin.
To this inn, which to him seemed a castle, he advanced, and at a short distance from it he checked Rocinante, hoping that some dwarf would show himself upon the battlements, and by sound of trumpet give notice that a knight was approaching the castle.
I myself heard him give directions, that one of his pages should be whipped, whose turn it was to give notice about washing the floor after an execution, but maliciously had omitted it, by which neglect a young lord of great hopes coming to an audience, was unfortunately poisoned, although the King at that time had no design against his life.
Very probably the tripod had been a device to give notice if these strange creatures returned.
He determined to go to the village, in the first place, attend to his business for an hour, and give notice to Burge of his being obliged to go on a journey, which he must beg him not to mention to any one.
The tone was not hostile, but sounded a note of formal discouragement as if to give notice that one’.
If he is disposed to repent the agreement with Ilderim, a little time is allowed him to give notice and break it off.