vacation

v. go on holiday, take a vacation

n. holiday, fixed time in which public establishments (government offices, schools, etc.) and regular businesses cease their regular activities; period of time away from work devoted to rest and relaxation; act of vacating

Vacation is a term used in English-speaking North America to describe a lengthy time away from work or school, a trip abroad, or simply a pleasure trip away from home, such as a trip to the beach that lasts several days or longer. In the rest of the English-speaking world the word holiday is used, whereas in North America, "holiday" normally applies to a specific national holiday or long weekend related to such a day. In some cases "vacation holiday" is used in North America, which signifies that a vacation trip is taken during a traditional national holiday period, extended on either end of the period by taking additional time off from work—creating a longer time unencumbered by work, an extended "long weekend", as it were. This practice is common in the United States where employers give far fewer annual vacation days (see below) than European employers—so stretching the related national holidays tends to conserve one's accumulated total of eligible days available for longer quality vacation excursions.
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Noun
1. leisure time away from work devoted to rest or pleasure; "we get two weeks of vacation every summer"; "we took a short holiday in Puerto Rico"
(synonym) holiday
(hypernym) leisure, leisure time
(hyponym) half-term
(derivation) holiday
2. the act of making something legally void
(hypernym) abrogation, repeal, annulment
(derivation) revoke, annul, lift, countermand, reverse, repeal, overturn, rescind, vacate
Verb
1. spend or take a vacation
(synonym) holiday
(hypernym) spend, pass
(hyponym) honeymoon
(derivation) holiday

n. session, meeting

(n.)
The time when an office is vacant; esp. (Eccl.), the time when a see, or other spiritual dignity, is vacant.
  

(n.)
The intermission of the regular studies and exercises of an educational institution between terms; holidays; as, the spring vacation.
  

(n.)
The act of vacating; a making void or of no force; as, the vacation of an office or a charter.
  

(n.)
Intermission of judicial proceedings; the space of time between the end of one term and the beginning of the next; nonterm; recess.
  

(n.)
Intermission of a stated employment, procedure, or office; a period of intermission; rest; leisure.