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administrative leave

administrative leave noun: a leave of absence under unusual circumstances, especially such leave that is enforced during a disciplinary investigation.

Noun

administrative leave (usually uncountable, plural administrative leaves)

  1. (usually) A leave of absence under unusual circumstances, especially such leave that is enforced during a disciplinary investigation.
    • The moves also came just one day before almost all of the agency’s direct hires, including its roster of Foreign Service officers, will be put on indefinite administrative leave.2025 February 6, Karoun Demirjian, Aishvarya Kavi, “Trump Administration to Lay Off Nearly All of USAID Staff”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

Forms of administrative leave

pluraladministrative leaves

Questions about administrative leave

What does administrative leave mean?
Administrative leave means a leave of absence under unusual circumstances, especially such leave that is enforced during a disciplinary investigation.
What part of speech is administrative leave?
Administrative leave is a noun.
What is the plural of administrative leave?
The plural of administrative leave is administrative leaves.

Words near administrative leave in the dictionary

  1. administrative courts
  2. administrative kingship
  3. administrative law
  4. administrative lead time
  5. administrative lead times
  6. administrative leave
  7. administrative leaves
  8. administrative loading
  9. administrative region
  10. administrative regions
  11. administrative segregation

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