A Leave and Earnings Statement, generally referred to as an LES, is a document given on a monthly basis to members of the United States military which documents their pay and leave status on a monthly basis.
Employees in the civil service receive a similar document each pay period, but it is instead called a Statement of Earnings and Leave.
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Famous quotes containing the words leave, earnings and/or statement:
“Oh Lord! Open the doors of night for me
So that I may leave this place and disappear.”
—Victor Hugo (1802–1885)
“The earnings of a poet could be reckoned by a metaphysician rather than a bookkeeper.”
—Edward Dahlberg (1900–1977)
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—William Burroughs (b. 1914)