serve notice

serve notice
{v. phr.} 1. To notify one's employer in a formal or legal manner that one is quitting the former's employment. * /She gave notice to her boss that she was quitting because of marriage./ 2. To notify an employee or a tenant that one no longer needs their services or wishes to have them as tenants. * /The new landlady gave notice to several families in our building because they were late in paying their rent./

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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  • serve notice — (that) ► LAW to tell someone officially that they must do something, or that something is going to happen: »The highway authority is required to serve notice informing everyone who may be affected by the new route. Main Entry: ↑notice …   Financial and business terms

  • serve notice — index caution, communicate, contact (communicate), notify Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • serve notice — ► put someone on notice (or serve notice) warn someone of something about or likely to occur. Main Entry: ↑notice …   English terms dictionary

  • serve notice that — serve notice (that) ► LAW to tell someone officially that they must do something, or that something is going to happen: »The highway authority is required to serve notice informing everyone who may be affected by the new route. Main Entry:… …   Financial and business terms

  • serve notice — {v. phr.} 1. To notify one s employer in a formal or legal manner that one is quitting the former s employment. * /She gave notice to her boss that she was quitting because of marriage./ 2. To notify an employee or a tenant that one no longer… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • serve\ notice — v. phr. 1. To notify one s employer in a formal or legal manner that one is quitting the former s employment. She gave notice to her boss that she was quitting because of marriage. 2. To notify an employee or a tenant that one no longer needs… …   Словарь американских идиом

  • serve notice — give notice that one intends to quit his job …   English contemporary dictionary

  • serve notice — state your plans, say what you will do, spread the word    If you enter the novel contest, you are serving notice that you are a serious writer …   English idioms

  • serve notice — (Roget s IV) v. Syn. inform, report, give word; see notify 1 …   English dictionary for students

  • put someone on notice (or serve notice) — warn someone of something about or likely to occur. → notice …   English new terms dictionary

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