Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - vacation
Vacation
vacation
n. & v. --n. 1 a fixed period of cessation from work, esp. in universities and lawcourts. 2 US a holiday. 3 the act of vacating (a house or post etc.). --v.intr. US take a holiday. Phrases and idioms vacation land US an area providing attractions for holidaymakers. Derivatives vacationer n. vacationist n. Etymology: ME f. OF vacation or L vacatio (as VACATE)
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I. noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English vacacioun, from Anglo-French vacacion, from Latin ~-, vacatio freedom, exemption, from vacare Date: 14th century a respite or a time of respite from something ; intermission, 2. a scheduled period during which activity (as of a court or school) is suspended, a period of exemption from work granted to an employee, a period spent away from home or business in travel or recreation , an act or an instance of vacating, II. intransitive verb (-tioned; ~ing) Date: 1883 to take or spend a ~ , ~er noun ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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