# velvet handcuffs

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. Golden handcuffs: any arrangement designed to provide favorable benefits or pay so as to discourage a participant from choosing to leave it.
2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see velvet, handcuffs.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/velvet-handcuffs