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time off

time off noun: a period of time where one is not required to work.

Noun

time off (uncountable)

  1. (idiomatic, 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?
    • Many feel they cannot take time off as this would only serve to make things financially worse, and so they plough on.2024 January 10, Jo Kaye, “Greater support for the railway family”, in Railway Magazine, number 1000, page 50
    Synonyms:
    holiday, vacation

Synonyms of time off

Questions about time off

What does time off mean?
Time off means a period of time where one is not required to work.
What part of speech is time off?
Time off is a noun.

Words near time off in the dictionary

  1. time of the year
  2. time of travel
  3. Time of Troubles
  4. time of useful consciousness
  5. time of year
  6. time off
  7. time offset
  8. time on
  9. time on device
  10. time on ice
  11. time opera

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