Take the paid time off vs Take paid time off

Both phrases are correct, but they are used in different contexts. "Take the paid time off" is used when referring to a specific instance of paid time off, while "take paid time off" is a more general way of expressing the action of taking time off with pay.

Last updated: March 26, 2024 • 642 views

Take the paid time off

This phrase is correct and commonly used when referring to a specific instance of paid time off.

This phrase is used when talking about a particular period of paid time off that has been specified or previously mentioned.

Examples:

I need to take the paid time off that I requested last month.
She decided to take the paid time off during the holidays.

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Without legally-entrenched rights to paid time off work (e.g. 35 hours per year for properly validated training), workers and employees may not have the time to take advantage of new schemes promoting lifelong learning.
Eighty per cent in a British Trades Union Congress (TUC) survey said that they were treated less well in relation to pay, training and paid time off, and they want better.
To think you could take the time off.
We'll try, but I'm not sure I'll be able to take the time off from work.
If the tuition is paid for, you could finally stop and take some time off.
They hadn't been on holiday for three years, because his wife hadn't wanted to take the time off work.
That just means you'll take some time off, You'll get paid,
Needed time off for a personal matter.
Jude said he needed some time off.
For me, time off isn't time off without cream cakes.
You're supposed to be taking some time off.
Anyway, I think you've earned some time off.
Not since Burns gave him that time off.
Julia, you can take some time off.
You need to take some time off.
So... about that time off.
I'll need some time off at the beginning of March.
Going to take some time off from Bowers.
At least my dad took a little time off between families.
Hauser, you should really take some time off.

Alternatives:

take that paid time off
take this paid time off
take your paid time off
take my paid time off
take our paid time off

Take paid time off

This phrase is correct and commonly used to express the action of taking time off with pay in a general sense.

This phrase is used when talking about the general concept of taking time off with pay, without specifying a particular instance.

Examples:

Employees are entitled to take paid time off for vacation.
He needs to take paid time off for his doctor's appointment.

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Without legally-entrenched rights to paid time off work (e.g. 35 hours per year for properly validated training), workers and employees may not have the time to take advantage of new schemes promoting lifelong learning.
Eighty per cent in a British Trades Union Congress (TUC) survey said that they were treated less well in relation to pay, training and paid time off, and they want better.
If the tuition is paid for, you could finally stop and take some time off.
That just means you'll take some time off, You'll get paid,
Needed time off for a personal matter.
Jude said he needed some time off.
For me, time off isn't time off without cream cakes.
There must be legal provisions for parents to take paid leave in order to care for their children during hospitalisation and treatment, at least when both parents work.
State-controlled media, Commissioner, is refusing to take paid advertising even from the main NGOs who are just working to support the electoral process and democracy in Zimbabwe, or from any opposition parties.
You're supposed to be taking some time off.
Anyway, I think you've earned some time off.
Not since Burns gave him that time off.
Julia, you can take some time off.
You need to take some time off.
So... about that time off.
I'll need some time off at the beginning of March.
Going to take some time off from Bowers.
At least my dad took a little time off between families.
Hauser, you should really take some time off.
House taking time off is a bad sign.

Alternatives:

take time off with pay
take time off and get paid
take time off with compensation
take time off with salary
take time off with remuneration

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Take the paid time off vs Take paid time off