absentee rate
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- noun
- /ˌæb.sənˈtiː ˌreɪt/
- Specialized
:
tasa de ausentismo
- Studies that have compared the absentee rate for asthmatic children with that of healthy children have shown that asthmatics miss three times the amount of school (Fowler, Davenport, & Garg, 1992).
- absentee rate of 10 percent
- high absentee rate
Examples
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After analyzing the absentee rate, the school decided to launch a support program for struggling students.
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Future research using longer periods for data collection may provide a more comprehensive look at the long-term success of the intervention package within a population that experiences a high absentee rate because of health issues.
Academic text (2008) -
"She noted that in schools with high absentee rates among students or staffers, it would be appropriate to close schools if they're not able to function."
Blog text (27) -
The district's schools found that teachers' absentee rates were down because the teachers had more energy and weren't harming their voices.
Academic text (2007) -
During the winter months, the absentee rate in many workplaces can exceed 20% due to illness.
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The company implemented new policies after noticing a high absentee rate among its employees.
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'absentee' (a person who is absent) combined with 'rate' (a measured frequency or percentage) yields the percentage/frequency of absentees. This measurement construction is common cross-linguistically and follows standard English noun + noun composition, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Absentee rate comes from a simple idea: people count how many workers are absentee, meaning 'absent', and turn that number into a rate, or a 'percentage'. So it means the 'percentage' of employees who are 'absent'.