Business Dictionary :
Abatement, Abroad, Absence, Absent,
Absentee and Absenteeism
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Abatement : noun : act of reducing
tax abatement = reduction of tax
Abroad : adverb : to or in another country
• The consignment of cars was shipped abroad last week.
• The chairman is abroad on business
• Half of our profit comes from sales abroad.
Absence : noun : not being at work or at a meeting
in the absence of = when someone is not there
• In the absence of the chairman, his deputy took the chair.
leave of absence = being allowed to be absent from work
• He asked for leave of absence to visit his mother in hospital.
NOTE : no plural
Absent : adjective : not at work or not at a meeting
• Ten of the workers are absent with flu.
• The chairman is absent in Holland on business.
Absentee : noun : worker who stays away from work for no good reason
Absenteeism : noun : staying away from work for no good reason
• Absenteeism is high in the week before Christmas.
• The rate of absenteeism or the absenteeism rate always increases in fine weather.
NOTE : no plural
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