gardening leave
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.66 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Goodchild had accepted an offer to move from UBS to Coutts, and because the two banks are in direct competition he was, as he expected to be, put straight on to "gardening leave"."
- "Until September Mr Orcel was head of the investment bank at Switzerland’s UBS. He had been due to succeed José Antonio Álvarez in April, after “gardening leave”."
Usage
- British usage
- Uncountable