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(US, education) An informational event in the evening where students' guardians meet their students' teachers and are introduced to the routine, curriculum, policy, etc.
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(UK, education) INSET day
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(chiefly UK, Ireland) A weekday, often a Monday, on which most businesses are closed, and granted to workers as a national holiday.
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(business) A week of low employee absenteeism.
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(obsolete) The observation of a holiday; cessation from work.
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(idiomatic) A great time or a great deal to do, at somebody else's expense.
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A night marked by some important gathering, discussion, etc.
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A working week of five days, the remaining two days in the week being rest days.
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(informal) A period of time that runs from Friday into Saturday, for example because of an intense work schedule.
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(colloquial, with possessive) The last workday in a work schedule that is not Monday through Friday.
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(slang) Friday, seen positively as being the end of the workweek.
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Half of a working day set aside for recreation on a special occasion.
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(chiefly US) In a college or university, the week leading up to final examinations.
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A hen party taking place over a whole weekend.
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(Ireland, usually as "on one's holliers") holidays (time off work or time spent travelling; = U.S. vacation).
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The range of days of the week during which one is normally at work.
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(historical) Any day on which business could be legally done, excluding Sundays and public holidays.
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(education) The second academic term of the University of Cambridge, and other educational institutions, running from January to March; equivalent to Hilary term at the universities of Oxford and Dublin.
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A weekend extended by one or more days off falling on a day or days immediately preceding or following it.
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(slang) A period of several days in which one indulges in activities such as binge drinking, drug-taking and sex.
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(now historical) A day appointed for a meeting intended to amicably resolve a dispute; also the meeting held on such a day.
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(US, informal) A vacation taken by a group of men and catering specifically to male interests.
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(UK) The celebratory week at the end of the academic year at Cambridge University, originally in May but now taking place in June.
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(Kenya, colloquial) Friday, seen as the start of the weekend and a time to party.
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Of a job, beginning at 9 a.m. and ending at 5 p.m., the usual office hours in many countries.
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A national or regional holiday from work on a specific day, usually for cultural reasons or celebrations.
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Time spent by working parents with their children, especially time given over to productive or creative attention.
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(marketing) A week that is in high demand because it is in a holiday high season. Especially used in time-share, but not limited to this industry.
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A day during which the public schools are open, usually synonymous with weekday during the school year.
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(Australia) A public holiday held in Australia for the annual agricultural show in a state.
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(attributive) Of a camp or event in which participants sleep away from home.
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A stag party taking place over a whole weekend.
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A public holiday that is enacted by law.
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A job done typically by a student only during the summer.
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(US) Plays put on at theaters during the summer, especially outdoors and during the summer vacation.
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(Australia, education, informal) In secondary and tertiary education, a period of non-teaching prior to examinations.
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Short for Vacation Bible School. [A Bible program for children, hosted by many Christian churches in the summer.]
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Abbreviation of weekend. [The break in the working week, usually two days including the traditional holy or sabbath day. Thus in western countries, Saturday and Sunday.]
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A subdivision of the month into longer periods of work days punctuated by shorter weekend periods of days for markets, rest, or religious observation such as a sabbath.
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Dated spelling of weekend.
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(informal) Resembling or characteristic of a weekday.
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Of, relating to or for the weekend.
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An event that takes place over a weekend.
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(informal) Resembling or characteristic of a weekend.
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(especially in combination with a number) Someone who participates in something for a certain number of weeks.
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(marketing) A week that is in low demand because it is in a holiday low season. Especially used in time-share, but not limited to this industry.
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(UK, Ireland, travel) The off-season holiday market, typically to destinations in North Africa and Southern Europe.
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(neologism) An internship during the winter break in the school year.
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(UK) A period of holidays in midwinter, including both secular and religious holidays (i.e. not just the specifically Christian and Western festivals of Christmas and New Year's Day).
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Abbreviation of weekend. [The break in the working week, usually two days including the traditional holy or sabbath day. Thus in western countries, Saturday and Sunday.]
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Abbreviation of weekend. [The break in the working week, usually two days including the traditional holy or sabbath day. Thus in western countries, Saturday and Sunday.]
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A man-day worked by a woman.
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A man-hour worked by a woman.
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(Britain) The days of the week that are usually worked on, i.e. Monday to Friday.
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The anniversary of beginning employment.
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