holiday
41holiday — 1. noun a) A day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed. I want to take a French course this summer holiday. b) A day declared free from work by the government …
42Holiday — One of the quintessential Philip Barry high comedies, Holiday opened for 229 performances at New York s Plymouth Theatre on 26 November 1928, produced by Arthur Hopkins, and starring Hope Williams. Frequently revived, including Broadway… …
43holiday — hol|i|day1 [ halı,deı ] noun *** 1. ) count a day that is a celebration of something special, on which you do not have to work or go to school: May 1st is a holiday in many European countries. 2. ) BRITISH a VACATION holiday hol|i|day 2 [… …
44holiday — noun 1) Presidents Day is a federal holiday Syn: day of observance, festival, feast day, féte, fiesta, celebration, anniversary, jubilee; saint s day, holy day 2) chiefly Brit. Sara and Lou s ten day holiday …
45holiday — A day set aside for worship, or reverence to the memory of a great leader and benefactor of humanity, to rejoice over some great national or historical event, or to rekindle the flame of an ideal. Gidal v Backs, 218 Cal 99, 21 P2d 952. A day… …
46holiday — See: HALF HOLIDAY …
47holiday — See: HALF HOLIDAY …
48holiday — Vacation Va*ca tion, n. [F., fr. L. vacatio a being free from a duty, service, etc., fr. vacare. See {Vacate}.] [1913 Webster] 1. The act of vacating; a making void or of no force; as, the vacation of an office or a charter. [1913 Webster] 2.… …
49Holiday — Lit. holy day . By the 14c, a holiday had become a day of leisure; it follows the same trajectory of debasement as *seely. [< OldEngl. haligdxg = holy day] …
50Holiday — annual leave; what Aussies call a public holiday …
