adv
(UK dialectal, chiefly Scotland) Abroad.
n
(UK) Formal permission to be away from a college for the greater part of the day or more.
n
A leave of absence under unusual circumstances, especially such leave that is enforced during a disciplinary investigation.
adj
(dated, Britain school slang) Relating to such an excused absence
n
(Britain, dated) A certificate indicating that a student is ill, excusing attendance at lectures and examinations and allowing courses to be passed without finishing the work.
adj
Pertaining to departing; farewell, valedictory.
adj
Not here, gone, absent, unavailable, traveling; on vacation.
adj
Alternative form of AWOL (“absent without leave”) [(military and generic) Absent without official leave (permission).]
adj
Alternative form of AWOL [(military and generic) Absent without official leave (permission).]
n
Alternative spelling of by your leave [Request for permission.]
n
(derogatory) a disreputable university, churning out degrees to unqualified students.
n
(dated, Britain) Leave of absence from a boarding school.
n
(UK) A period of absence from a particular sector of industry due to non-compete contract clauses, after the end of a term of employment.
v
(archaic) To be unemployed.
v
Alternative form of have seen one's day [(idiomatic, of persons, things, ideas, etc.) To be at the point in a life cycle or career of no longer being useful or effective; to be worn-out.]
n
Permission to be absent; time away from one's work.
v
Obsolete spelling of leaving
n
Alternative form of lofe [(West Midlands and Northern England) An offer; choice; an opportunity; chance.]
adj
(often offensive, idiomatic) Accorded relatively little importance.
n
Time period between the receipt of the letter of dismissal and the last working day.
adj
Off course; by extension, mistaken or irrelevant.
n
(Britain, countable) A school or hospital that has withdrawn from local control.
n
(chiefly in the plural) One who, or that which, is out; especially, one who is out of office.
n
(historical) Help given to a pauper who does not live in the workhouse.
n
A leave which exceeds the approved or prescribed amount of time.
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(intransitive, rare, formal) To remain at college for an unusually long time.
n
A career involving several simultaneous part-time jobs.
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Abbreviation of situations vacant: advertisements for job vacancies [(UK)]
n
A form of boycott in which people refuse to attend their usual workplace or school.
n
A word or phrase (such as adieu or farewell) said upon leaving.
n
Alternative form of wayleave. [A right of way granted by a landowner.]
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