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单词 bank holiday
释义

bank holiday

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noun

a weekday on which banks are closed by law; legal holiday.
British. a secular day on which banks are closed, obligations then falling due being performable on the following secular day.

Origin of bank holiday

First recorded in 1870–75

Words nearby bank holiday

banker's order, banket, bank examiner, Bank Giro, Bankhead, bank holiday, bank indicator, banking, banking account, banking pin, banking principle
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Example sentences from the Web for bank holiday

  • The weather was all that could be wished, the crossing resembled a bank-holiday excursion.

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British Dictionary definitions for bank holiday

bank holiday

noun

(in Britain) any of several weekdays on which banks are closed by law and which are observed as national holidays
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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