bank holiday
noun
1
British : legal holiday
2
: a period when banks in general are closed often by government fiat
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Will there be a bank holiday for King Charles III’s coronation? 
Radhika Seth, Glamour, 16 Sep. 2022 Earlier Saturday, her eldest son and successor declared that the date of his mother's funeral would be a bank holiday across the United Kingdom. Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 10 Sep. 2022 The volume of goods sold in stores and online is expected to have dipped 0.2% last month, following a 0.1% decline in June that was partly cushioned by a jump in food sales over the Jubilee bank holiday. Charles Capel, Bloomberg.com, 18 Aug. 2022 Platinum Jubilee included four days of celebrations and an extended bank holiday weekend to allow people to celebrate. Caitlin Mclean, USA TODAY, 16 Aug. 2022 The department estimated a £2.39 billion loss—around 0.09% of U.K. GDP in 2020—from the bank holiday caused by business closures, according to its August 2021 impact assessment. Christine Mui, Fortune, 4 June 2022 Communities will enjoy a special extended bank holiday weekend and come together to celebrate this historic milestone; street parties and a wide range of activities are expected to extend across the four day event. Kate Hardcastle, Forbes, 26 May 2022 July 4 is a bank holiday, so most banks throughout the country will be closed. Ramishah Maruf, CNN, 3 July 2022 Protests erupted in front of cinemas in several U.K. cities after the film, from director Eli King and writer Sheikh Al-Habibi, began showing over the bank holiday weekend for the Queen’s jubilee. Alex Ritman, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 June 2022 See More
Radhika Seth, Glamour, 16 Sep. 2022 Earlier Saturday, her eldest son and successor declared that the date of his mother's funeral would be a bank holiday across the United Kingdom. Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 10 Sep. 2022 The volume of goods sold in stores and online is expected to have dipped 0.2% last month, following a 0.1% decline in June that was partly cushioned by a jump in food sales over the Jubilee bank holiday. Charles Capel, Bloomberg.com, 18 Aug. 2022 Platinum Jubilee included four days of celebrations and an extended bank holiday weekend to allow people to celebrate. Caitlin Mclean, USA TODAY, 16 Aug. 2022 The department estimated a £2.39 billion loss—around 0.09% of U.K. GDP in 2020—from the bank holiday caused by business closures, according to its August 2021 impact assessment. Christine Mui, Fortune, 4 June 2022 Communities will enjoy a special extended bank holiday weekend and come together to celebrate this historic milestone; street parties and a wide range of activities are expected to extend across the four day event. Kate Hardcastle, Forbes, 26 May 2022 July 4 is a bank holiday, so most banks throughout the country will be closed. Ramishah Maruf, CNN, 3 July 2022 Protests erupted in front of cinemas in several U.K. cities after the film, from director Eli King and writer Sheikh Al-Habibi, began showing over the bank holiday weekend for the Queen’s jubilee. Alex Ritman, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 June 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1778, in the meaning defined at sense 1