sits vacn.

Brit.

/ˌsɪts ˈvak/, U.S.

/ˌsɪts ˈvæk/, Irish English

/ˌsɪts ˈvæk/

Forms:

α. 1900s– sits vac, 1900s– sits. vac. (with points).

β. 1900s– sit vac, 1900s– sit. vac. (with points).

Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: situations vacant n. at situation n. Compounds.

Etymology: Shortened < situations vacant n. at situation n. Compounds, originally as a graphic abbreviation. Compare earlier sit n.²

British and Irish English.

Job vacancies, as advertised in a newspaper; (hence also) a newspaper column or section that lists job vacancies. Also occasionally: (in form sit vac) a job vacancy. Cf. situation n. 9b.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > position or job > [noun]

steadc1000

noteOE

officec1300

ministry?a1475

rooma1485

placea1500

roomth1544

place1558

post1562

berth1720

situation1766

job1781

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spot1859

billet1870

engagement1884

shop1885

gig1908

lurk1916

possie1916

number1928

site1930

sits vac1945

hat1966

1945 Irish Times 12 Mar. 4/3 Works Manager (32).., seeks position with Dublin firm... Box H 1094. Sits vac.

1969 Guardian 29 July 4/8 Asians.., with the sort of skills that the ‘Sits vac’ columns of British newspapers are clamouring for—nurses, motor mechanics, turners, secretaries.

1970 Guardian 14 Nov. 9/2 (heading) ‘I felt I could do the job.’..Peter Terson on the Sit. Vac. he didn't fill.

1975 Listener 8 May 609/3 Raking through the sits. vac., John Timpson..reported an advertisement in a Devon local paper for a person ‘to move Earth—about two days' work’.

2001 J. Lawton Bluffing Mr. Churchill xvii. He was putting rings round items in the sits vac column.

2006 Guardian (Nexis) 27 May (Work section) 3 Trawling through the sits vac I chanced upon one for someone with lots of horticultural PR experience.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2020; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	sits vac
释义	sits vacn. Brit. /ˌsɪts ˈvak/, U.S. /ˌsɪts ˈvæk/, Irish English /ˌsɪts ˈvæk/ Forms: α. 1900s– sits vac, 1900s– sits. vac. (with points). β. 1900s– sit vac, 1900s– sit. vac. (with points). Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: situations vacant n. at situation n. Compounds. Etymology: Shortened < situations vacant n. at situation n. Compounds, originally as a graphic abbreviation. Compare earlier sit n.² British and Irish English. Job vacancies, as advertised in a newspaper; (hence also) a newspaper column or section that lists job vacancies. Also occasionally: (in form sit vac) a job vacancy. Cf. situation n. 9b. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > position or job > [noun] steadc1000 noteOE officec1300 ministry?a1475 rooma1485 placea1500 roomth1544 place1558 post1562 berth1720 situation1766 job1781 sit1853 spot1859 billet1870 engagement1884 shop1885 gig1908 lurk1916 possie1916 number1928 site1930 sits vac1945 hat1966 1945 Irish Times 12 Mar. 4/3 Works Manager (32).., seeks position with Dublin firm... Box H 1094. Sits vac. 1969 Guardian 29 July 4/8 Asians.., with the sort of skills that the ‘Sits vac’ columns of British newspapers are clamouring for—nurses, motor mechanics, turners, secretaries. 1970 Guardian 14 Nov. 9/2 (heading) ‘I felt I could do the job.’..Peter Terson on the Sit. Vac. he didn't fill. 1975 Listener 8 May 609/3 Raking through the sits. vac., John Timpson..reported an advertisement in a Devon local paper for a person ‘to move Earth—about two days' work’. 2001 J. Lawton Bluffing Mr. Churchill xvii. He was putting rings round items in the sits vac column. 2006 Guardian (Nexis) 27 May (Work section) 3 Trawling through the sits vac I chanced upon one for someone with lots of horticultural PR experience. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2020; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1945
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