(in the UK and the Republic of Ireland) a certificate given to an employee at the end of a period of employment, providing details of their tax code, gross pay, and the tax paid for that year, to be passed to a subsequent employer or benefit agency.
And yet, in the sleevenotes, Ho gets thanks, rather than the P45 he deserves.
The pair set into each other like agitated badgers, and were promptly dismissed - Hales even found himself the proud new owner of a P45 shortly afterwards.
If they give you a P45, it will set out what tax code to apply to their wages.
None are particularly palatable but they certainly more palatable than a P45 and no job.
The very battle lines for the party's soul are fought around over your P45.
Edmundson, the 50-year-old cricket secretary returned from a family holiday in Florida to find his P45 on the doormat.
So long as you have your P45, which you should have received once you ceased working, you are entitled to put in for a claim.
These are sidestepped by employers, who realise that psychology is a more effective weapon than a P45.
Or is some sad sub somewhere sitting staring at his P45?
Allan had the temerity to suggest he treat potential donors more courteously, and Neil responded by giving him his P45.
As soon as I was out of hospital I got my P45 sent to me.
If Jack McConnell wanted rid of her he should have given her her P45 at the last reshuffle.
Mr Drage continued to receive full pay down to the date of the dismissal of his appeal and his P45 was made up to that date.
Some believe Dudley effectively wrote his own P45 a few weeks ago.
A corporate raider would see her off with a P45.
He always has a spring in his step when he visits West Brom these days and recalls the day he was handed his P45.
The vehemence of its usage will be in direct correlation to the deserving of a P45 of the person saying it.
And the waiting fans at least got a treble up this time: three bodies for the guillotine instead of the customary solitary soul and his P45.
Labour MPs rose and applauded after the 30-minute session, which saw Mr Blair cracking jokes - even admitting he had received his P45.
I was called into an office one morning and thought I was getting my P45.