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holiday

hol·i·day [ hóllə dày ]


noun  (plural hol·i·days)
Definition:
 
1. legal day off: a day set aside by law or statute as exempt from regular labor or business activities, usually to celebrate or commemorate something that happened on or near that date
a public holiday

2. holy day: the day or days of a religious festival

3. U.K. 
Same as  vacationn (sense 3)




intransitive verb  (past and past participle hol·i·dayed, present participle hol·i·day·ing, 3rd person present singular hol·i·days)
Definition:
 
U.K. 
Same as  vacation


[ Old English hāligdæg "holy day"]
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