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vacancy
[ vey-kuhn-see ]
/ ˈveɪ kən si /
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noun, plural va·can·cies.
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non·va·can·cy, noun, plural non·va·can·cies.Words nearby vacancy
VA, vaad, Vaal, Vaasa, vac, vacancy, vacant, vacant possession, vacate, vacation, Vacation Bible School
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How to use vacancy in a sentence
British Dictionary definitions for vacancy
vacancy
/ (ˈveɪkənsɪ) /
noun plural -cies
the state or condition of being vacant or unoccupied; emptiness
an unoccupied post or officewe have a vacancy in the accounts department
an unoccupied room in a boarding house, hotel, etcput the "No Vacancies" sign in the window
lack of thought or intelligent awareness; inanityan 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
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