See Also: vacation 1, noun(dictionary)
VACATION(law)
vacation(medicine)
vacation(dictionary)
summer vacation(dictionary)
vacation 2, verb(dictionary)
Long Vacation(law)
Train travel vacation(tourism)
Holiday Vacation Homes(tourism)
The Boardwalk Vacation Retreat(tourism)

vacation 1, noun (oh)



[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: Latin vacatio 'freedom', from vacare; VACANT]
[U and C] especially AmE a holiday, or time spent not working
on vacation
::They're on vacation for the next two weeks.
::I'm going on vacation tomorrow.
::We're hoping to take a vacation at the end of July.
::his summer vacation at Martha's Vineyard
::Luke was forced to cancel the family vacation to Acapulco.
::the Caribbean vacation spot of Cancun, Mexico
[U] especially AmE the number of days, weeks etc that you are allowed as paid holiday by your employer
::How much vacation do you get at your new job?
::I think I have four vacation days left.
::Employees are entitled to four-weeks' paid vacation annually.
[C] BrE one of the periods of time when universities are closed
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COLLOCATES for sense 1
on (a) vacation
go on (a) vacation
take/have a vacation
summer vacation
Christmas vacation
family vacation
two-week/three-day etc vacation
vacation spot (=a place where a lot of people go on vacation)