vacation, holiday (noun)

leisure time away from work devoted to rest or pleasure

"we get two weeks of vacation every summer"; "we took a short holiday in Puerto Rico"

holiday (verb)

a day on which work is suspended by law or custom

"no mail is delivered on federal holidays"; "it's a good thing that New Year's was a holiday because everyone had a hangover"

vacation, holiday (verb)

spend or take a vacation

holiday (Noun)

A day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed.

holiday (Noun)

A day declared free from work by the government.

holiday (Noun)

A period of one or more days taken off work by an employee for leisure.

holiday (Noun)

A period during which pupils and students do not attend their school or university.

holiday (Noun)

A period taken off work or study for travel.

holiday (Noun)

An unintentional gap left on a plated, coated, or painted surface.

holiday (Verb)

To take a period of time away from work or study.

holiday (Verb)

To spend a period of time for travel.

Holiday

A holiday is a day set aside by custom or by law in which normal activities, especially business or work, are to be suspended or reduced. Generally holidays are intended to allow individuals to celebrate or commemorate something of cultural or religious significance. Holidays may be designated by governments, religious institutions, or other groups or organizations. The degree to which normal activities are reduced by a holiday may depend on local laws, customs, or even personal choices. The concept of holidays has most often originated as religious observances. The intention of a holiday was typically to allow individuals to tend to religious duties associated with important dates on the calendar. In most modern societies, however, holidays serve as much of a recreational function as anything else. In many societies there are important distinctions between holidays designated by governments and holidays designated by religious institutions. In many predominantly Christian nations, for example, government-designed holidays may center around Christian holidays though non-Christians may instead observe religious holidays associated with their faith. In some cases, a holiday may only be nominally observed. For example, many Jews in the Americas and Europe treat the relatively minor Jewish holiday of Chanukah as a working holiday, changing very little of their daily routines for this day.

Holiday

Holiday is a song released by the Bee Gees in the United States in September 1967. It appeared on the album Bee Gees' 1st. The song was not released as a single in their native United Kingdom because Polydor UK released the single "World" from their next album Horizontal. The song was prominently featured in the South Korean film Nowhere to Hide(Korean: 인정사정 볼 것 없다; RR: Injeong sajeong bol geot eobtda). It later featured in the South Korean television series Reply 1997, and South Korean girl group Red Velvet's Level Up Project, as a contrast to the song of the same name by SM Entertainment labelmate, Girl's Generation. One of the robots sang the song in the "Mitchell" episode of the American television comedy series Mystery Science Theater 3000.