vacation
11vacation — n. period of rest (AE; CE has holiday) 1) to spend; take a vacation 2) to be on; go on vacation 3) an extended, long; paid; short vacation 4) a spring; summer; winter vacation 5) a vacation from 6) during a vacation; on vacation (she was away on… …
12vacation — va|ca|tion1 W3S2 [vəˈkeıʃən US veı ] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: Latin vacatio freedom , from vacare; VACANT] 1.) [U and C] especially AmE a holiday, or time spent not working on vacation ▪ They re on vacation for the next two weeks …
13vacation — va|ca|tion1 [ veı keıʃn ] noun ** 1. ) count or uncount AMERICAN a period of time when you do not work and you do things for pleasure instead. British holiday: I only get one week of vacation per year in this job. on vacation: She s on vacation… …
14vacation — [[t]vəke͟ɪʃ(ə)n, AM veɪ [/t]] vacations, vacationing, vacationed 1) N COUNT A vacation is a period of the year when universities and colleges, and in the United States also schools, are officially closed. During his summer vacation he visited… …
15vacation — (va ka sion ; en vers, de quatre syllabes) s. f. 1° Profession, métier (vieilli en ce sens). Quelle est sa vacation ? 2° Espace de temps que les gens de loi consacrent à une affaire. Il nous a multiplié les vacations. 3° Honoraires des… …
16vacation — I UK [vəˈkeɪʃ(ə)n] / US [veɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)n] noun Word forms vacation : singular vacation plural vacations 1) [countable] a period of time when a university is closed summer/Christmas/Easter vacation: I m planning to visit my parents during the… …
17VACATION — s. f. Métier, profession. De quelle vacation est il ? Ce sens est vieux. VACATION, se dit aussi de Chacun des espaces de temps que des personnes publiques emploient à travailler a quelque affaire. On paye tant aux experts pour chaque vacation. Le …
18vacation — {{11}}vacation (n.) late 14c., freedom from obligations, leisure, release (from some activity or occupation), from O.Fr. vacation, from L. vacationem (nom. vacatio) leisure, a being free from duty, noun of state from pp. stem of vacare be empty,… …
19Vacation — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Vacation (homonymie). Une vacation est un service rendu par le vacataire, portant sur une durée très courte (session d une durée inférieure à la journée, typiquement une heure). Par extension et abus de langage,… …
20vacation — vacationer, vacationist, n. vacationless, adj. /vay kay sheuhn, veuh /, n. 1. a period of suspension of work, study, or other activity, usually used for rest, recreation, or travel; recess or holiday: Schoolchildren are on vacation now. 2. a part …
