WordNet
n. a vacation from work by an employee with pay granted
Wikipedia
Paid Vacation is the fourth studio album by American singer/songwriter Richard Marx, released in 1994.
The album features " Now And Forever", Marx's 9th and final top-10 hit on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and most successful single on the Adult Contemporary chart. It was issued as a lead single for the album and stayed atop the Billboard AC chart for 11 consecutive weeks. The follow-up single "The Way She Loves Me" also achieved modest success on the Billboard, reaching the top 20 on the Hot 100 and peaking at #3 on the AC chart.
However, the album itself was less successful than his previous efforts. During a total of 23 week-long chart run on the U.S. Billboard 200, Paid Vacation only reached #37 and failed to climb higher than its predecessor Rush Street. Nevertheless, it managed to receive a Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America in late 1994. The album sold moderately well in Japan, providing Marx with his first Gold record in that country.
The album was dedicated to Marx's wife Cynthia Rhodes and sons Brandon, Lucas, and Jesse Marx.
Usage examples of "paid vacation".
I'm not sure I understand why the administration at Crystal Reef wants me and Han and Leia to take an all-expense-paid vacation there.
That's why I've gotten permission to reward you with two full weeks of paid vacation beginning on the very day that you return.
After all, he had the longest string of successes in the history of the narcotics unit, capped off with his personal elimination of Eddie Morello, perhaps the most artful action of his professional life - doubly so in that he had eliminated a genuine dealer by premeditated murder in front of no less than six other officers, then had it pronounced a clean shooting on the spot, which had given him a paid vacation in addition to what Henry had paid him for the event.
Do you want to quit or go for the all-expenses-paid vacation in deep space?
Perhaps I can arrange for an increase in your salary and a paid vacation next week while we're finalizing the property sale.
Luxuries had been added to the holding room, and the hostages treated their stay like the expense-paid vacation it essentially was.