annual leave

American  

[an-yoo-uhl leev] / ˈæn ju əl ˈliv /

noun

• annual leaves
  plural

1. the amount of time or number of paid work days in a year that an employee is entitled to take off work for vacation or personal reasons.

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Noun Inflected Forms

• annual leaves
  plural

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annual leave

A survey by charity Pregnant Then Screwed found 89% of parents had used annual leave to cover holiday childcare, while a third had taken unpaid leave.

From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026

The PC had even carried out one of these checks while on annual leave.

From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026

She said many doctors and nurses had rushed to the hospitals off-shift, while others had returned from annual leave after seeing the incident on the evening news.

From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026

Michelle Last, partner at Keystone Law, says employees don't have a statutory right to take short-notice annual leave to watch a football match - "or to recover from watching one".

From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2026

These correspondents have sent in their reports all year round, without taking into account their weekly holidays, public holidays or annual leave.

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