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

"Remember, in the UK you have a legal right to uninterrupted annual leave unless your contract says otherwise."

From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026

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

From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026

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

Some football fans have already strategically booked annual leave around potential knockout fixtures.

From BBC ● Jun. 9, 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