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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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• annual leaves
  plural

Example Sentences

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annual leave

Be polite: Don't just launch in with "I'm on annual leave".

From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026

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

From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026

She had submitted an annual leave request to cover her time away on 7 June and been open with her managers about her plans.

From BBC ● May 31, 2026

Fuel shortages in Ethiopia have forced some government institutions to send employees on annual leave.

From BBC ● Apr. 4, 2026

In special and meritorious cases where to limit the annual leave to fourteen days in any one calendar year would work peculiar hardship, it may, in the discretion of the of the department, be extended.

From Mining Laws of Ohio, 1921 by The Department of Industrial Relations