buyout, generation burnout

The The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York may shed more than 100 staff positions, as part of a broader financial overhaul intended to reverse deficits.

More Than 50 Met Museum Employees Take Buyouts

Further cuts loom as the Metropolitan Museum of Art, facing a projected $9 million-plus deficit, revs up a restructuring plan announced earlier this year.

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Similar afflictions have been recorded throughout human history. So what is it about the 21st century that has turned burnout into an epidemic? From The Economist’s 1843 magazine

Generation burnout: why increasing numbers of people feel the urge to shut down

Minds turned to ash

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buyout 

Pronunciation: /ˈbʌɪaʊt/ 

NOUN 1976

The purchase of a controlling share in a company.

burnout 

Pronunciation: /ˈbɜːnaʊt/ 

NOUN

[MASS NOUN]

1The reduction of a fuel or substance to nothing through use or combustion.

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2The failure of an electrical device or component through overheating:[WITH MODIFIER]: an anti-stall mechanism prevents motor burnout

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3Physical or mental collapse caused by overwork or stress:high levels of professionalism which may result in burnout

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4[AS MODIFIER] Denoting fabric whose pattern is produced by using chemicals to burn away areas of the pile or the fabric itself:burnout velveta long-sleeved jersey burnout top