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  • 21vacation — [[t]vəke͟ɪʃ(ə)n, AM veɪ [/t]] vacations, vacationing, vacationed 1) N COUNT A vacation is a period of the year when universities and colleges, and in the United States also schools, are officially closed. During his summer vacation he visited… …

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  • 22Vacation (novel) — infobox Book | name = Vacation title orig = translator = image caption = author = Jeremy C. Shipp illustrator = cover artist = M. Garrow Bourke country = United States language = English series = genre = Science Fiction, Horror, Bizarro,… …

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  • 23vacation bank — n. An employee s yearly allotment of vacation days. Example Citations: The survey also found U.S. employees tend to divide their time off into one full power week, utilizing the rest of their vacation bank as days sprinkled across the calendar to …

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  • 24vacation hangover — (vay.CAY.shun hang.oh.vur) n. A feeling of sluggishness and disorientation that occurs when you return to work from a particularly long or adventurous vacation. Example Citation: Most of us have more harried than tranquil moments. A vacation is… …

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  • 25vacation deprivation — n. Foregoing vacation days because of busyness at work. vacation deprived adj. Example Citations: Workers are expected to give back 574 million vacation days in 2006, depriving themselves of much needed breaks, according to Expedia.com s annual… …

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  • 26vacation — 1 noun 1 (C) especially AmE a holiday, or time spent not working: on vacation: They re on vacation for the next two weeks. 2 (C) one of the periods of time when universities are closed see also: long vacation 3 (U) formal the act of leaving a… …

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  • 27vacation church school — noun or vacation bible school Usage: usually capitalized V&C&B&S : a weekday program of Christian education for children featuring religious study courses, arts and crafts, and recreation conducted by local Protestant Christian churches for one… …

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  • 28vacation — vacationer, vacationist, n. vacationless, adj. /vay kay sheuhn, veuh /, n. 1. a period of suspension of work, study, or other activity, usually used for rest, recreation, or travel; recess or holiday: Schoolchildren are on vacation now. 2. a part …

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  • 29vacation — n. a prison sentence. (Underworld.) □ I had a little vacation upstate for a while. □ It was a three year vacation, with time off for good behavior …

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  • 30vacation — va•ca•tion [[t]veɪˈkeɪ ʃən, və [/t]] n. 1) a period of suspension of regular work, study, or other activity, usu. used for rest, recreation, or travel 2) freedom or release from duty, business, or activity 3) an act or instance of vacating 4) to… …

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