| 单词 | holiday |
| 释义 | holiday holiday /; AmE ; BrE also / noun
BANK HOLIDAY, LEGAL HOLIDAY, PACKAGE HOLIDAY, PUBLIC HOLIDAY, TAX HOLIDAY
1 [U] (also holidays [pl.]) (both BrE) (AmE vacation) a period of time when you are not at work. Employees are allowed a particular number of days of paid holiday: I'm afraid Mr. Walsh is away on holiday this week. The package includes 20 days' paid holiday a year. holiday pay My holiday entitlement is 25 working days.
2 [C] (BrE) (AmE vacation) a period of time spent travelling or resting away from home: An increasing number of people are booking holidays on the Internet. a bad year for holiday companies
3 [C] a day when most people do not go to work or school, especially because of a religious or national celebration: Financial markets were closed for the New Year's holiday. The store has had its busiest holiday shopping season for some years. The week before Christmas accounted for 34% of holiday sales.
4 holidays [pl.] (AmE) the time in December and early January that includes Christmas, Hanukkah and New Year: the last trading day before the year-end holidays
5 [C] (BrE) a period of time when you do not need to make a particular payment: As there was a surplus in the pension fund, the employer took a contribution holiday.
a contribution/payment/pension holiday |
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