awayday en · NOUN
Etymology
Originally a railway day-return ticket at a special price.
Meanings
-
(UK) A business event, such as a team-building exercise, training course or internal meeting, that takes place away from the office without the usual distractions.
Unlike one location of the 2019 comedy series Down from London, in which Kingsman and Graham Dickson starred as an odd couple trying to fix their relationship with awaydays, her home is not by the sea.
2022 November 27, Claire Armitstead, “Liz Kingsman: ‘Who is this woman who feels she can go on stage and make people laugh?’”, in The Observer, →ISSN:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| awaydays | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| away day | alternative | lexicographic |
Translations (6)
fi tykypäivä (meeting away from the office) · fi seminaari (meeting away from the office) · cmn 自強活動 /自强活动 (meeting away from the office) · fi virkistyspäivä (meeting away from the office) · nl heidag (meeting away from the office) · fi suunnittelukokous (meeting away from the office)