annual holiday

collocation in English

meaningsofannualandholiday

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annual
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈæn.ju.əl/us
/ˈæn.ju.əl/
happening once ...
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holiday
noun
uk
/ˈhɒl.ə.deɪ/us
/ˈhɑː.lə.deɪ/
UK ; ;
a time when someone does not go to work or school but is free to do what they want, such as travel ...
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(Definition ofannualandholidayfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofannual holiday

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For example, the non-resident parent is assumed to take his contact children on hisannualholiday.
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There are cases where people go hop-picking or potato-picking for periods longer than the normalannualholidayof two or three weeks.
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Lastly, theannualholidayagreement has been adjusted to provide an extra two days' holiday in 1972 and a further three days' holiday in 1973.
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There was no question of a week'sannualholiday; that was never mentioned, never thought of, never even dreamed of in those days.
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These are employed upon the terms that they receive at least one week'sannualholidaywith pay.
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There is also the much longed for two weekannualholiday.
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Is that how he wants to go down in history, saying that there will be no minimum period ofannualholiday?
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There is certainly nothing complex about this amendment which would enable wages councils to fix only a minimum period ofannualholiday.
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That recommendation, as set out in the report, clearly visualised that theannualholidaywith pay should be for a minimum period of one week.
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Most people have only oneannualholiday, which they save for throughout the year.
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They saved for anannualholidayand for sickness.
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He undertakes his responsibilities entirely voluntarily, and more often than not he sacrifices the whole of hisannualholidayso as to attend camp.
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I have not heard one speech to-day against the principle of anannualholiday.
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It is recognised by the railway companies, who give the porters and all the rest of their staffs anannualholiday.
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However, the holiday maker, who saves up for hisannualholiday, cannot rearrange it once he has paid the money and made his plans.
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The firm declined to pay him even a week's pay in respect of hisannualholidaywhich was due.
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Claims for minor illneses or injuries from those known to be onannualholidayare subject to special scrutiny.
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These are aggregated and the full sum is finally paid just before theannualholiday.
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I think of many of my constituents and others who begin theirannualholiday; this week or in the near future.
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A four-weekannualholidaywith eight statutory holidays is a reasonable minimum, and should be enacted fairly quickly.
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