1. [Brit] Leisure time away from work devoted to rest or pleasure
   "we took a short holiday in Puerto Rico"
   - vacation 
2. 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"

1. Spend or take a vacation
   - vacation [N. Amer]

Derived forms: holidays, holidaying, holidayed

Type of: day, leisure, leisure time, pass, spend

Encyclopedia: Holiday, Billie Holiday Holiday, FL Holiday, Ontario Holiday, Florida

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