vāˈcancy noun

1. Emptiness
2. Empty space
3. A gap
4. An unfilled post or situation
5. A room available (in a hotel, boarding house, etc)
6. Idleness, inactivity
7. Emptiness of mind, inanity
8. Blankness
9. (a period of) leisure (obsolete)

vāˈcantly adverb

vāˈcantness noun

vacate /və-kātˈ or (N American) vāˈkāt/ transitive verb

1. To stop occupying, leave empty
2. To empty out, unload
3. To quit
4. To annul, to make useless (obsolete)

vacāˈtion noun

1. A vacating
2. A voiding
3. The holidays, esp of schools, colleges, lawcourts
4. A holiday (esp N American)
5. Leisure (obsolete)
6. An intermission (obsolete)

To take a holiday

vacāˈtioner or vacāˈtionist noun (N American)

A holidaymaker

vacāˈtionless adjective

vacāˈtur noun

The act of annulling in law

vacant possession noun

(of property) (the state of being ready for) occupation immediately after purchase, the previous owner or occupier already having left