day release

day release
noun
chiefly Britain : a program whereby employees are permitted to spend part of the workday attending courses to develop needed job skills ; also : a similar program in prisons, jails, and hospitals in which prisoners or patients are permitted to spend part of the day outside their institution of confinement studying, training, or working

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day release noun
A system by which workers are freed from employment during the day so as to attend an educational course
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Main Entry: ↑day

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day release UK US noun [uncountable] british
a system by which workers go to college one day a week in order to take a course in a subject related to their work
Thesaurus: attendance and non-attendance at school or universityhyponym

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day release,
(in Great Britain) a part-time release from employment to allow a worker to attend courses at a technical school.

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ˌday reˈlease [day release] noun (BrE) uncountable
a system of allowing employees days off work for education

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time off for study on day release

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a day release course


Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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