holiday pay

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪ

Noun

holiday pay (uncountable)

1. (UK) a basic wage paid to an employee while they are on holiday. It can be paid for as many weeks holiday as an employee is entitled to, although an employee can spread their complete holiday entitlement over the whole year.

Translations

basic wage paid while on holiday

• Finnish: lomapalkka
• French: pécule de vacances m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: feriepenger pl

  Nynorsk: feriepengar pl

• Polish: wynagrodzenie urlopowe n

Further reading

• “holiday pay”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “holiday pay” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.