bank holiday

American  

noun

bank holidays plural

1. a weekday on which banks are closed by law; legal holiday.

2. British. a secular day on which banks are closed, obligations then falling due being performable on the following secular day.

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bank holiday British  

noun

1. (in Britain) any of several weekdays on which banks are closed by law and which are observed as national holidays

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• bank holidays
  plural

Etymology

Origin of bank holiday

First recorded in 1870–75