VACANCY
\vˈe͡ɪkənsi], \vˈeɪkənsi], \v_ˈeɪ_k_ə_n_s_i]\
Definitions of VACANCY
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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The quality or state of being vacant; emptiness; hence, freedom from employment; intermission; leisure; idleness; listlessness.
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That which is vacant.
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Empty space; vacuity; vacuum.
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An open or unoccupied space between bodies or things; an interruption of continuity; chasm; gap; as, a vacancy between buildings; a vacancy between sentences or thoughts.
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Unemployed time; interval of leisure; time of intermission; vacation.
By Oddity Software
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The quality or state of being vacant; emptiness; hence, freedom from employment; intermission; leisure; idleness; listlessness.
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That which is vacant.
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Empty space; vacuity; vacuum.
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An open or unoccupied space between bodies or things; an interruption of continuity; chasm; gap; as, a vacancy between buildings; a vacancy between sentences or thoughts.
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Unemployed time; interval of leisure; time of intermission; vacation.
By Noah Webster.
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Emptiness: leisure: that which is vacant or unoccupied: emptiness of thought: empty space: void or gap between bodies: a situation unoccupied.
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VACANTLY.
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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n. [French , Latin] Empty space; vacuity;—a space between bodies or things; chasm; gap;—state of a post or employment when it is unfilled or unsupplied; absence of the incumbent or regular officiating functionary;—a place or post unfilled or open to candidature; an unoccupied office ;—time of leisure; unemployed time ; intermission of business;—relaxation listlessness ; want of thought; inanity.
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