time off

See also: time-off

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Noun

time off (uncountable)

(idiomatic, business, human resources) A period of time where one is not required to work.
I've got some time off next week, so maybe we could meet up then?
- 2024 January 10, Jo Kaye, “Greater support for the railway family”, in Railway Magazine, number 1000, page 50:
  Many feel they cannot take time off as this would only serve to make things financially worse, and so they plough on.

Synonyms

holiday, vacation; see also Thesaurus:vacation

Related terms

day off

Translations

time without work

Cornish: termyn hedhys m
Dutch: vrije dagen (nl) m pl
French: congés (fr) m pl, vacances (fr) f pl
Galician: vacacións (gl) f pl
German: Auszeit (de) f
Greek: άδεια (el) f (ádeia)
Irish: am saor m
Italian: ferie (it) f pl, pausa (it) f
Polish: urlop (pl) m
Portuguese: férias (pt) f pl, folga (pt) f
Romanian: vacanță (ro) f
Spanish: vacaciones (es) f pl
Swedish: ledighet (sv) c
Welsh: amser i ffwrdd m, amser bant m

Anagrams

off time, off-time, offtime

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