leave pay
collocation in Englishmeaningsofleaveandpay
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leave
noun
uk/liːv/us/liːv/
time allowed away from work for a holiday ...
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pay
noun[U]
uk/peɪ/us/peɪ/
the money you receive for doing ...
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(Definition ofleaveandpayfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The three big items of them are £31,000,000 forleavepay, £25,000,000 for war gratuities, and £11,000,000 for post-war credits.
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I might add that under a special arrangement with the railway companies, troops proceeding onleavepay single fare plus one-third for the return journey.
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Theleavepayrules for the two services are essentially the same.
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The benefits which take the form ofleavepayand allowances will be dealt with under the ordinary law applicable to pay and allowances.
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It willleavepayand conditions of service to the normal negotiating machinery.
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I presume these figures do not include the demobilisationleavepayand allowances?
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When one adds those seven months to normal weekends, one would accept that, with normal holiday orleavepay, that makes a year's full employment.
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If it is part of our purpose—as it should be—to restore more sense to economic management, it would be dangerous and foolish toleavepaybargaining out of that process.
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It is provided that when they come home for a long period and their places are taken by somebody else, they should go from full pay toleavepay.
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Among the social protections meant here are e.g. maternity and paternityleavepay, child grant, unemployment benefits and other forms of social insurance.
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Mass retirement clearly shows how resources have grown to allow ever greater numbers to leave paid work whilst remaining socially active.
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The period of having to leave paid employment in order to do this may go for a long time.
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Many single women leave paid work in order to care for elderly relatives.
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