annual leave

American  

[an-yoo-uhl leev] / ˈæn yu əl ˈliv /

noun

plural

annual leaves

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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Example Sentences

Tighe also said that this year the company was unable to grant all of the annual leave pilots are contractually entitled to because of the shortages.

From BBC • Apr. 19, 2026

She said she felt upset and distressed that her employer failed to offer her support after the incident, so she used some annual leave to take time away from her job.

From BBC • Dec. 17, 2025

She is taking annual leave to cover as much as she can, and feels fortunate to have got her 14-year-old daughter into a free camp run by the organisation Sport in Mind.

From BBC • Jul. 16, 2025

David Kennedy, general secretary of the Scottish Police Federation, said the timing of the presidential visit was "unfortunate" during a "particularly busy time for annual leave for police officers".

From BBC • Jul. 10, 2025

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 Relations, The Department of Industrial