holiday (holidays plural & 3rd person present) (holidaying present participle) (holidayed past tense & past participle )
1 n-count A holiday is a period of time during which you relax and enjoy yourself away from home. People sometimes refer to their holiday as their holidays.
(BRIT) also on/from N
We rang Duncan to ask where he was going on holiday..., Ischia is a popular seaside holiday resort..., We're going to Scotland for our holidays.
in AM, use vacation
2 n-count A holiday is a day when people do not go to work or school because of a religious or national festival.
usu with supp
New Year's Day is a public holiday throughout Britain...
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bank holiday
3 n-plural Theholidays are the time when children do not have to go to school.
(BRIT) usu the N, oft n N
...the first day of the school holidays.
in AM, use vacation
4 n-uncount If you have a particular number of days' or weeks' holiday, you do not have to go to work for that number of days or weeks.
(BRIT)
Every worker will be entitled to four weeks' paid holiday a year.
in AM, use vacation
5 verb If you are holidaying in a place away from home, you are on holiday there. (BRIT) oft cont Sampling the local cuisine is one of the delights of holidaying abroad... V prep/adv in AM, use vacation
bank holiday (bank holidays plural )A bank holiday is a public holiday.
(BRIT) n-count
in AM, usually use national holiday
busman's holiday
If you have a holiday, but spend it doing something similar to your usual work, you can refer to it as a busman's holiday. n-sing
holiday camp (holiday camps plural )In Britain, a holiday camp is a place which provides holiday accommodation and entertainment for large numbers of people. n-count
holiday rep (holiday reps plural )A holiday rep is someone employed by a holiday company to help look after people when they are on holiday.
(BRIT) n-count
(=travel rep, tour rep)
