time off

See also: time-off

English

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Noun

time off (uncountable)

1. (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