sick leave

sick leave

noun

Definition of SICK LEAVE

1

: an absence from work permitted because of illness

2

: the number of days per year for which an employer agrees to pay employees who are sick

Examples of SICK LEAVE

1. employee benefits such as vacation time and sick leave
2. We are allotted three weeks annual sick leave.
3. He's been on sick leave since last Thursday.

First Known Use of SICK LEAVE

1820

Rhymes with SICK LEAVE

Abib, achieve, aggrieve, believe, bereave, cap sleeve, conceive, deceive, French leave, frost heave, Hoccleve, inweave, khedive, motive, naive, perceive, pet peeve, plain weave, qui vive, receive, relieve, reprieve, retrieve, shirtsleeve, shore leave, unreeve, unweave, upheave