Annual leave is paid holiday earned over the year. Book annual leave, days of annual leave, carry annual leave over.
It builds up as you work rather than being granted at the start, which matters when somebody leaves mid-year. In Britain the legal minimum is twenty-eight days including public holidays.
1nounannual leavePaid holiday earned over the year.
“She had eleven days of annual leave left and no time to take them.”
annual leave is leave.
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