absentee (noun)

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• absentee — ► NOUN ▪ a person who is absent …   English terms dictionary

• absentee — ab‧sen‧tee [ˌæbsnˈtiː◂] noun [countable] HUMAN RESOURCES someone not at work when they should be: • A warning may be appropriate if an employee is a frequent absentee on a Monday. * * * absentee UK US /ˌæbsənˈtiː/ noun [C] ► HR someone who is… …   Financial and business terms

• absentee ballot — noun (election) a ballot that is cast while absent (usually mailed in prior to election day) • Topics: ↑election • Hypernyms: ↑ballot * * * noun, pl ⋯ lots [count] US : a vote that is submitted before an election by a voter who is not able to be… …   Useful english dictionary

• absentee landlord — ➔ landlord * * * absentee landlord UK US noun [C] ► PROPERTY a person who rents a property to someone, but who does not live in or visit the property: »Absentee landlords who fail to maintain their properties are bringing down property prices in… …   Financial and business terms

• absentee vote — absentee voter. a vote cast by a person who, because of absence from usual voting district, illness, or the like, has been permitted to vote by mail. [1930 35, Amer.] * * * absentee vote UK US noun [countable] [singular absentee vote plural… …   Useful english dictionary

• absentee ownership — noun a) A state of ownership by parties rarely present. The property lapsed into disrepair under decades of absentee ownership. b) A property owned by parties rarely present. The numerous absentee ownerships made it difficult for the owners to… …   Wiktionary

• absentee — noun Date: 1605 one that is absent: as a. a proprietor that lives away from his or her estate or business b. one missing from work or school • absentee adjective …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• absentee — noun a) A person who is absent from his or her employment, school, post, duty, etc. My trustees are going to lend Earl Blessington sixty thousand pounds (at six per cent.) on a Dublin mortgage. Only think of my becoming an Irish absentee! b) A… …   Wiktionary

• absentee — noun Absentee is used before these nouns: ↑ballot, ↑father, ↑landlord, ↑voter …   Collocations dictionary

• absentee ballot — noun count AMERICAN a system that lets people vote before an election because they will be away from home at the time of the election …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• absentee vote — noun count AMERICAN a vote that you send through the mail when you cannot be present on the day of an election …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English