leave // noun [U]

ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE, COMPASSIONATE LEAVE, GARDENING LEAVE, JOB-PROTECTED LEAVE, MATERNITY LEAVE, PARENTAL LEAVE, PATERNITY LEAVE, PERSONAL LEAVE, SICK LEAVE, SPECIAL LEAVE

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HELP NOTE In this meaning, leave is uncountable in British English but can be uncountable or countable in American English.

a period of time when you are allowed to be away from work for a holiday/vacation or for a special reason:

to take a month's paid/unpaid leave

Mr. Alden is on leave this week.

Your basic annual leave entitlement is 20 days.

a period of paid educational leave

(= for formal study or training)

◆ Two of their top managers have been put on paid leave during the investigation.

Some organizations view a sabbatical as a paid leave, others as an unpaid leave.

to be entitled to/get/have leave

◆ to go on/save/take/use (up) leave

◆ to apply for/be given/be granted leave

◆ paid/unpaid leave

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official permission to do sth:

to be absent without leave

The court granted him leave to appeal against the sentence.

❖ to ask/obtain/request leave (to do sth)

◆ to give/grant/refuse sb leave

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• PA
• PABX
• pace
• pacesetter
• Pacific Rim
• pack
• package
• package deal
• packaged goods
• packaged software
• package holiday
• packager
• packaging
• packer
• packet
• bargain basement
• bargain hunter
• bargaining
• bargaining agent
• bargaining counter
• bargaining power
• bargaining unit
• barista
• barometer
• baron