holiday pay

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪ

Noun

holiday pay (uncountable)

1. A yearly bonus of one's salary or social security with a payout that typically occurs shortly before summer.
2. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) (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

a yearly bonus of one's salary or social security

• Dutch: vakantiegeld (nl) n

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.