vacancy
playSimple Definition of vacancy
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: a job or position that is available to be taken
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: a room in a hotel, motel, etc., that is available for use
Full Definition of vacancy
pluralvacancies
1 archaic : an interval of leisure
2 : physical or mental inactivity or relaxation : idleness
3 a : a vacating of an office, post, or piece of property b : the time such office or property is vacant
4 : a vacant office, post, or tenancy
5 : empty space : void; specifically : an unoccupied site for an atom or ion in a crystal
6 : the state of being vacant : vacuity
Examples of vacancy in a sentence
School administrators are trying to fill vacancies before the beginning of the school year.
There were no vacancies at the hotel.
1598
First Known Use of vacancy
1598
VACANCY Defined for Kids
vacancy
playDefinition of vacancy for Students
vacancies
1 : something (as an office or hotel room) that is vacant
2 : empty space
3 : the state of being vacant
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