bank holidaynoun [ C ]
uk/ˌbæŋk ˈhɒl.ə.deɪ/us/ˌbæŋk ˈhɑː.lə.deɪ/UKan official holiday when banks and most businesses are closed for a day
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Time off
- absentee
- Boxing Day
- break
- career break
- comp time
- compassionate leave
- holiday
- hols
- legal holiday
- parental leave
- paternity leave
- public holiday
- R and R
- recess
- sickie
- skive
- take sth off
- tea break
- time off in lieu
- weekend
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- She almost wished it were an ordinary work-day, and that there were no such things as bank holidays.
- Two friends were spending their bank holiday on a cycling trip.