ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Call-off

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Call-off is a noun meaning A day on which an employee has called off.

Meaning

A day on which an employee has called off.

More Meanings

  1. A call given to a trained dog to tell it to stop doing something.
  2. (business) Synonym of blanket order.

Example Sentences

Employees are allowed six (6) call offs per year without disciplinary action.
Instead only actual prices evaluated at planned number of call-offs (using actual volumes) are used, not the actual number of call-offs.
On the other hand, proponents of consumer-directed care point out the obvious advantage that these services offer to participants—fewer staff call-offs and no-shows.
She looked around the table at six serious faces, including Susan's, the director of nursing. Her peers immediately began to complain about staffing problems, especially sick call-offs.

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Related dictionary entries include cancel, cashiering, write-off, removal, closedown, come-off.

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