"awayday" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: awaydays [plural]
Etymology: Originally a railway day-return ticket at a special price. Head templates: {{en-noun}} awayday (plural awaydays)
  1. (British) 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. Wikipedia link: awayday Tags: British Synonyms: away day Translations (meeting away from the office): heidag [common-gender] (Dutch), virkistyspäivä (Finnish), tykypäivä (Finnish), suunnittelukokous (Finnish), seminaari (english: no exact equivalent) (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-awayday-en-noun-qrMS8Gux Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header

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