ticket of leave

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noun, plural tickets of leave.British.

(formerly) a permit allowing a convict to leave prison, under certain restrictions, and go to work before having served a full term, somewhat similar to a certificate of parole.

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Origin of ticket of leave

First recorded in 1725–35

Words nearby ticket of leave

ticket, ticket agency, ticket agent, ticket day, ticket office, ticket of leave, tickets, ticket scalper, ticket tout, tickety-boo, tickey

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“We all shook hands and my client told me to leave,” he said.
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Some seventy-plus countries currently offer some paternity leave or parental leave days reserved for the father.
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But outside of a few European countries and Quebec, this leave is usually two weeks or less and usually unpaid.
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Certainly paid paternity leave is part of it (and in the U.S., we need paid maternity and paternity leave).
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And then when businesses leave the state, they want to know why.
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They are very urgent questions; our sons and daughters will have to begin to deal with them from the moment they leave college.
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As Perker said this, he looked towards the door, with an evident desire to render the leave-taking as brief as possible.
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Now for the tempering of the Gudgeons, I leave it to the judgment of the Workman; but a word or two of the polishing of it.
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He had got his ticket of admission to the Casino, after arriving yesterday evening; but the Rooms had not pleased him then.
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We can do as we like with Hindu and Mussalman so long as we leave their respective religions untouched.
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British Dictionary definitions for ticket of leave

ticket of leave

noun

(formerly in Britain) a permit allowing a convict (ticket-of-leave man) to leave prison, after serving only part of his sentence, with certain restrictions placed on him

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noun, plural tickets of leave.British.

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