Usually means: Period of staying or delaying.
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We found 23 dictionaries that define the word waits:

General (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. waits: Merriam-Webster
  2. waits: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. waits: Collins English Dictionary
  4. waits: Vocabulary.com
  5. Wait's, Waits, wait's, waits: Wordnik
  6. waits: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. Waits, waits: Wiktionary
  8. WAITS: Dictionary.com
  9. waits: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  10. WAITS, Waits (surname), Waits: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. Waits: Rhymezone
  12. waits: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  13. Waits: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  14. waits: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  15. waits: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. waits: Legal dictionary

Computing (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. WAITS: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. BABEL: Computer Oriented Abbreviations and Acronyms (No longer online)
  3. WAITS: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. WAITS: Acronym Finder
  2. waits: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. waits: The Folk File

(Note: See wait as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (Waits)

noun:  (British) A group of singers or musicians performing in the streets, especially around Christmas.
noun:  An English surname originating as an occupation, a variant of Waite.

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