leaver
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- noun
- /ˈliːvər/
:
saliente
- A total of 1,476 permanent leavers and 2,378 partial leavers left the Nigerian universities during this period.
- permanent leavers
- care leavers
- school leavers
Examples
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Or they could choose between an inexperienced school leaver here or someone five years older coming to Britain with the experience they need.
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After graduating, I joined a program designed specifically for leavers from college to gain real-world experience.
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Doncaster, for example, has brought its care leaver support services in-house.
Academic text (2010) -
YPTP provides school leavers aged 15 to 19 with a wide range of pre-employment training.
Academic text (2007) -
Is there any difference in staff turnover (partial and permanent leavers) among academic staff in different disciplines?
Academic text (2002) -
In absolute terms, the permanent leavers among lecturers were 795, followed by senior lecturers 365 and professors 316.
Academic text (2002) -
Using descriptive cohort and inferential competing risk analyses, the study found evidence that student leavers were severely under-reported and graduation rates exaggerated.
Academic text (2011) -
Many universities offer support services for recent leavers to help them transition into the workforce.
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The company held a farewell party for its leavers to celebrate their contributions before they moved on to new opportunities.
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Etymology
Leaver comes from the verb leave, which means 'go away', plus the ending -er, which makes a word for a person, like driver. So a leaver is simply a person who leaves a place or organisation, often for good or at the end of a set time.