vacation meaning

[ və'keiʃən;vei'keiʃən ] Pronunciation:   "vacation" in a sentence
Noun: vacation  vey'keyshun or vu'keyshun
  1. Leisure time away from work devoted to rest or pleasure
    "we get two weeks of vacation every summer"
    - holiday [Brit] 
  2. The act of making something legally void
Verb: vacation  vey'keyshun or vu'keyshun
Usage: N. Amer
  1. Spend or take a vacation
    - holiday [Brit, Cdn]

Derived forms: vacationed, vacations, vacationing

See also: vacate, vacationing, vacationist [N. Amer]

Type of: abrogation, annulment, leisure, leisure time, pass, repeal, spend

Encyclopedia: Vacation


[American slang]
n. a prison sentence. (Underworld.)
• I had a little vacation upstate for a while.
• It was a three-year vacation, with time off for good behavior.


[Business]
noun

1 [U,C] (AmE)

a holiday or a period when people are not working:

You look tired-you should take a vacation.

I'm on vacation next week.

The job includes four weeks' paid vacation.

Vacation pay is proportional to the number of hours worked.

2 [C]

in the UK, one of the periods of time when universities or courts of law are closed; in the US, one of the periods of time when schools, colleges, universities or courts of law are closed:

students looking for vacation work

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  1. immediate vacation of the house was demanded.
  2. i gained ten pounds during summer vacation.
  3. i've been dying for a vacation for years.
  4. do i bother you when we go on vacations?
  5. as to be some sort of vacation.

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