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Annual leave

Meaning in job interviews & careers, with examples

nounCore term

In job interviews & careers, annual leave means: The number of paid days off work you are allowed to take each year for holidays or rest.

In Turkish: yıllık izin, ücretli izin

How it is used

British and international English; in the US people say vacation or PTO (paid time off). Job ads and offer letters state it as '25 days' annual leave plus bank holidays'. You take, book or carry over annual leave.

Example sentences

  1. The job comes with 28 days of annual leave.

  2. I'm on annual leave next week, so please contact my colleague.

Common collocations

  • take annual leave
  • days of annual leave
  • annual leave allowance
  • carry over annual leave
  • benefitsThings an employer gives you in addition to your salary, such as health insurance, a pension, extra holiday or a meal allowance.
  • perkAn extra advantage you get from your job in addition to your pay, such as free lunches, a gym membership or a company phone.
  • compensation packageEverything an employer gives you for your work, taken together: salary, bonus, shares, pension, insurance and other benefits.
  • employment contractA legal agreement between an employer and an employee that sets out the job, pay, hours, holidays and other conditions of work.

This word in other fields

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