gardening leave

English

Noun

gardening leave (uncountable)

  1. (UK) Garden leave.
    • 2008 August 1, Melissa Viney, “The secret garden”, in The Guardian‎, →ISSN:
      Goodchild had accepted an offer to move from UBS to Coutts, and because the two banks are in direct competition he was, as he expected to be, put straight on to "gardening leave".
    • 2019 January 19, “Andrea Orcel’s move from UBS to Santander falls through”, in The Economist‎, →ISSN:
      Until September Mr Orcel was head of the investment bank at Switzerland’s UBS. He had been due to succeed José Antonio Álvarez in April, after “gardening leave”.
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