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vacancy
[ vey-kuhn-see ]
noun
- the state of being vacant; emptiness.
- a vacant, empty, or unoccupied place, as untenanted lodgings or offices:
This building still has no vacancies.
- a gap; opening; breach.
- an unoccupied position or office:
a vacancy on the Supreme Court.
- lack of thought or intelligence; vacuity:
a look of utter vacancy.
- Crystallography. (in a crystal) an imperfection resulting from an unoccupied lattice position. Compare interstitial ( def 3 ).
- Archaic. absence of activity; idleness.
vacancy
/ ˈveɪkənsɪ /
noun
- the state or condition of being vacant or unoccupied; emptiness
- an unoccupied post or office
we have a vacancy in the accounts department
- an unoccupied room in a boarding house, hotel, etc
put the "No Vacancies" sign in the window
- lack of thought or intelligent awareness; inanity
an expression of vacancy on one's face
- physics a defect in a crystalline solid caused by the absence of an atom, ion, or molecule from its position in the crystal lattice
- obsolete.idleness or a period spent in idleness
Other Words From
- non·vacan·cy noun plural nonvacancies
Word History and Origins
Example Sentences
The university said it was "carefully managing staff vacancies and offering a voluntary severance scheme to help avoid the need for compulsory redundancies".
In the Central Valley, voters in Tulare and Kern counties will cast ballots next week to fill the state Assembly vacancy left by Bakersfield Republican Vince Fong, who was elected last year to the U.S.
But some might have worried given what he didn’t say last week when asked about Indiana’s impending coaching vacancy once Mike Woodson retires at the end of the season.
Experts have said rising vacancy levels had forced landlords to accept less in rent, but the fires wiped away thousands of homes, suddenly thrusting many people into the rental market.
"Demand for staff has declined, with vacancies remaining at close to pre-Covid levels. Additionally, there has been a marked improvement in the availability of workers," she added.
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