1 the time when you are free from work or other duties and can relax:
2 activities people do when they are not working, to relax and enjoy themselves:
Shares in the leisure sector have not performed so well this year.
Hotels, airlines and other firms in the leisure industry may suffer.
leisure activities/pursuits
a leisure complex/development
leisure facilities
3 when you want to and when you have time to:
Developments in technology mean we can now do banking transactions at our leisure.
Swimming pools usually come under 'leisure centres' in the phone directory.
I don't have much opportunity for leisure pursuits these days.
You can't have it both ways - you either work longer and get paid more or have more leisure time and get paid less.
Although all the regression models were significant, the explained variance varied greatly by the type of leisure activity.
It is based on health and leisure rather than infirmity and poverty.
The book begins with a useful series of definitions including the familiar concept of ' leisure ' as free-time rather than a specific set of activities.
