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SICK LEAVE

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Dictionary entry overview: What does sick leave mean?

• SICK LEAVE (noun)
The noun SICK LEAVE has 1 sense:

1. a leave of absence from work because of illness

Familiarity information: SICK LEAVE used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• SICK LEAVE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A leave of absence from work because of illness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Hypernyms ("sick leave" is a kind of...):

leave; leave of absence (the period of time during which you are absent from work or duty)

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