noun
using up paid vacation days; taking all remaining paid leave
Refers to the practice of consuming all accrued paid leave, often before leaving a job or at the end of a year. Common in workplace contexts.
退職前に有給消化を申請した。
I applied to use up my paid vacation days before resigning.
有給消化がなかなか進まない。
I'm not making much progress on using up my paid leave.
有給休暇 is the formal term for 'paid vacation' itself, while 有給消化 refers specifically to the act of using it up.
Compound of 有給 (paid leave) and 消化 (digestion; using up). The variant 有休消化 uses the abbreviation 有休 for 有給休暇.