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Office & Administration vocabulary · Expenses, Approvals & Procedures

Annual leave

Meaning in office & administration, with examples

nounCore term

In office & administration, annual leave means: The paid days off work that an employee is entitled to each year for holidays and rest.

In Turkish: yıllık izin, ücretli izin

How it is used

Common in British English; Americans say vacation or PTO (paid time off). You book, request, take or approve annual leave. "She's on annual leave until Monday" is a very common phrase in emails and on the phone.

Example sentences

  1. I'm on annual leave from 3 to 10 August, so please contact Elif while I'm away.

  2. Please book your annual leave in the HR system at least two weeks in advance.

Common collocations

  • on annual leave
  • book annual leave
  • annual leave allowance
  • request annual leave
  • out-of-officeAn automatic email reply that tells people you are away, until when, and who to contact instead.
  • timesheetA record, on paper or in software, of the hours an employee has worked each day, sometimes split by project or client.
  • calendarA record of a person's or team's meetings, appointments and events, usually kept in software that colleagues can see and add meetings to.
  • formA document with spaces where you write or type information, used to apply for something, request something or record details in a standard way.

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