Difference between Cease and Lay Off

CEASE vs LAY OFF: NOUN

Have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical
To stop.
To stop doing (something), blin.
Put an end to a state or an activity

Dismiss, usually for economic reasons
Put an end to a state or an activity
(of an employer) To dismiss (workers) from employment, e.g. at a time of low business volume, often with a severance package.
(of a bookmaker) To place all or part of a bet with another bookmaker in order to reduce risk.
To cease, quit, stop (doing something).
To stop bothering, annoying, teasing, pestering, pressuring, being aggressive with, or hovering over someone; to leave (someone) alone.

Either spatial or metaphorical
To stop moving, acting, or speaking; leave off; give over; desist; come to rest: followed by from before a noun: as, cease from anger, labor, strife.
To come to an end; terminate; become extinct; pass away: as, the wonder ceases; the storm has ceased.
To put a stop to; put an end to; bring to an end: as, cease your clamor; he ceased debate.

Continue, Suspending, Halted, Desist, Cessation, Halt, Suspend, Finish, Lay off, Give up, End, Quit, Terminate, Stop, Discontinue

Arrested, Apprehend, Halt, Dismissed, Fire, Can, Arrest, Drop, Idle, Cease, Stop, Discontinue, Furlough, Quit, Give up

Discontinued, Stopped, Abandon, Continue, Halted, Desist, Halt, Suspend, Finish, Lay off, Give up, End, Quit, Terminate, Stop

Pop, Halt, Fire, Dropping, Dismissed, Can, Arrested, Arrest, Apprehend, Idle, Cease, Stop, Furlough, Quit, Give up

Upon any termination of the Program, all rights and obligations of the parties shall cease, and Participant shall immediately cease using the Program.
The violations of the cease and desist agreement therefore occurred at a time when the cease and desist agreement still existed.
In the event that you cease to be such you shall cease to have access to the vsflyinghub trade website.
After the transfer, the credit union may cease paying dividends on the transferred account and may cease sending notices to the owner.
You should be as quick to cease sickness and disease in your body as you are to cease sin.
This amount will reduce or cease at any time it would reduce or cease if you had not been totally disabled.
Within the Transition Period, Constellation Beers shall cease, and shall cause its Affiliates to cease, all use of the Abandoned Trademarks.
Once people cease to acknowledge why their country was founded eventually the country will cease to exist.
Cease to struggle and you cease to live.
These events could cause us to cease construction, or if the plant is constructed and operating, to cease operations.

Have you had to lay off any staff?
Japanese in that, we never lay off anybody.
Fremont had to lay off an entire shift.
I think that the bunny during his off-season better lay off the carrots and lettuce.
LAY OFF DATE When will employees be laid off?
Similar words: class, claim, lay out, play, declare, a class, layer, lay off.
LAY OFF LAY OFFEmployees shall be laid off according to their seniority in their classification subject to their ability to perform the work required.
You would need to lay off each lay individually.
Should I tape it, Lay off, and can I possibly ride a bike if I lay off.
SEPARATION LAY OFF The Port may lay off employees for lack of work, budgetary restrictions, or other changes that may take place.