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(workplace) The use of such days to be away from work; on holiday or vacation.
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(Britain) A business event, such as a team-building exercise, training course or internal meeting, that takes place away from the office without the usual distractions.
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(chiefly BBC, historical) A day's leave an employee may take without warning or reason and not be counted as annual leave.
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(colloquial) The first Monday back at school after the holidays.
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A scheduled interval of days or weeks between periods of school instruction; a holiday.
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(UK) A break for schoolchildren between lessons.
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(idiomatic) A holiday or vacation during which one does something similar to what one does as work.
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A period of time when one chooses not to have a job, for example because he wants to travel or look after his children.
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(obsolete) Days of repose and old age.
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A day on which a person on a diet or similar restriction on activities is free to disregard them.
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A period of absence from work taken by an employee due to a personal matter, either illness or death.
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Alternative form of rest day [A day spent resting from work or any other activity.]
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A day of vacation; a day when one does not go to work, school, etc.
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Paid leave of absence from employment (one day per week) to attend college.
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(US) A day on which a group of students, generally the senior class, leaves the campus and its responsibilities for a day.
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(military) Initialism of day of no scheduled activities.
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(Australia) A day off work without advance notice for the sake of the employee's mental health.
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A working day on which it is acceptable that office workers dress more casually than usual.
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A day spent at home, ostensibly in bed, and sanctioned by one's employer/school, when one is feeling stressed or fragile.
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A holiday, viewed as time away from the vicissitudes of life.
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A day on which people do not have to attend school, work, etc.
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a school period in which a student has free time, i.e., is not enrolled in a class.
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A period of unpaid time off, used by an employer to reduce costs.
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Synonym of pawternity leave (“time off work granted to an employee to take care of their pets”)
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A yearlong break from study taken by some students on leaving school before starting university, often spent gaining work experience or travelling.
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(informal) A vacation or holiday, or the destination for one.
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A school day when the students are released early.
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A time, of two weeks, of vacation from school that occurs during the fall in harvest season.
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To have a short rest period from work, study, etc.
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An unexpected break from work.
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A day declared free from work by the state or government.
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(Britain, informal) Holidays (time off work or time spent travelling).
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(UK, education) A day during term-time on which pupils do not attend school, but staff take part in training or complete administrative tasks.
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A period of time during which a person is absent from work or other duty for a reason other than normal holidays/vacation; may be paid or unpaid.
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(UK, colloquial, dated) The long summer vacation at the English universities.
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(business, Australia, New Zealand) An additional employee vacation payable after long periods of service with an employer.
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Alternative letter-case form of long vac; clipping of Long Vacation.
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(Oxbridge slang) Contraction of Long Vacation term. [(Oxbridge) A fourth, supplemental academic term of the universities of Oxford and Cambridge during the long vacation, containing no routine undergraduate teaching.]
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Alternative letter-case form of long vacation [(Oxbridge) The university break between the end of one academic year in June and the start of the next in October.]
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(Oxbridge) A fourth, supplemental academic term of the universities of Oxford and Cambridge during the long vacation, containing no routine undergraduate teaching.
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A time of vacation from school that occurs during the month of March.
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A day reserved by oneself to relax.
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Alternative form of microvacation [A very brief vacation; a momentary respite from the cares of everyday life.]
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A very brief vacation; a momentary respite from the cares of everyday life.
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A short holiday; a minivacation.
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A short or minor vacation.
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A very brief vacation; a momentary respite from the cares of everyday life.
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(slang) A vacation period during which no travel or paid leisure activities are done.
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A day that is not a holiday; a working day.
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A day in which an employee is not scheduled to work.
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A day when one is permitted to not attend work in order to attend to personal matters.
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(UK, Canada) A week during a university's term where no teaching takes place, generally so that students may prepare for tests.
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A day spent resting from work or any other activity.
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An extended period of leave from a person's usual pursuits.
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A leave, often with full or half pay granted (as every seventh year) to one holding an administrative or professional position for rest, travel, or research.
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(education) Any time period for which a school is closed.
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A short vacation or holiday.
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(US, military) A daily lineup of military personnel requiring medical attention.
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A paid personal day intended to be used due to illness either for recuperation or medical treatment.
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Paid absence from work specifically to recover from illness.
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Alternative form of sick note [(UK) A note from a doctor certifying the patient is ill, and therefore unable to go to work, school etc.]
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A camp or event in which participants sleep away from home.
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A sleepover; a party where people stay and sleep overnight.
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(US) A day set aside on a school calendar in certain climates, assuming a closure will occur during a given time period.
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(Canada) A free period; a block of school during which one does not have a class.
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A time of vacation from school that occurs during the spring.
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Someone on vacation during spring break
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(UK, Ireland) A school break in summer between school years and the break in the school academic year.
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A resort visited for holidays/vacations during the summer.
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(US, Canada) a school break in summer between school years and the break in the school academic year
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Alternative form of swot vac [(Australia, education, informal) In secondary and tertiary education, a period of non-teaching prior to examinations.]
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Alternative form of swot vac [(Australia, education, informal) In secondary and tertiary education, a period of non-teaching prior to examinations.]
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(education, US) A day when students do not attend school, but when teachers still come to school to work.
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A day or period of time which is not a holiday, but is celebrated as if it were one.
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A period during which official activity or business is formally suspended; an official holiday from university, law courts etc.
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(US) A day when one is permitted to not attend work in order to go on a vacation or attend to other matters.
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Someone who is on vacation.
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An area that is often the site of vacations, or well suited for vacations.
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(informal, US) A vacation.
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(slang) Abbreviation of vacation. [Freedom from some business or activity.]
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(Philippines) A non-uniform day; a mufti day.
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A day set aside on a school calendar in certain climates, assuming a closure will occur during a given time period because of extreme weather conditions.
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A place used primarily for weekends away.
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(informal) Characteristic of a weekend, especially as a period when one does not go to work but can relax instead.
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(UK, education) A school playtime when pupils are kept indoors because of rain.
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A period of time off during the winter, especially over the Christmas period.
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A time of rest from work or studies during the winter months.
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(US) A period in a winter term in which students work on projects away from their normal school
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(Canada, US, informal) A vacation that one spends getting work done.
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Any of those days of a week on which work is done, officially Monday to Friday in many countries (even though many people work on weekends).
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