holiday
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
holiday /ˈhɒlədeɪ/ chiefly Brit.
▶noun
- 1 an extended period of recreation, especially away from home.
- 2 a day of festivity or recreation when no work is done.
- 3 [with modifier] a short period during which the payment of instalments, tax, etc. may be suspended.
– origin OE hāligdæg ‘holy day’.
'holiday' also found in these Oxford entries:
all-inclusive
- bank holiday
- Boxing Day
- break
- busman
- camp
- camper
- chalet
- cruise
- dacha
- day off
- dude ranch
- feria
- ferial
- getaway
- gîte
- gulet
- half holiday
- half-term
- high season
- hill station
- holiday camp
- holidaymaker
- honeymoon
- Labour Day
- legal holiday
- low season
- mini-break
- package
- package holiday
- redcoat
- richly
- Roman holiday
- seaside
- self-catering
- self-drive
- spring break
- summer stock
- thanksgiving
- ticket
- timeshare
- unpackaged
- vacation
- Victoria Day
- villa
- wake
- weekender
- youth hostel
