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HOLIDAYS

"HOLIDAYS" is a plural of: holiday.

Date "HOLIDAYS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

 

Specialty Definition: HOLIDAYS

DomainDefinition

Chemical Industry

Application defect whereby small areas are left uncoated. Source: European Union. (references)

Health

Days commemorating events. Holidays also include vacation periods. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: Australian public holidays

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Following is a list of public holidays observed in Australia

In addition to the holidays listed in the table below, Remembrance Day is also observed on November 11, but it is not a public holiday. Depending on the state, holidays falling on a Saturday or Sunday may be moved to Monday.

Additionally, there are a number of regional public holidays—for example, Melbourne Cup day is a public holiday in the Melbourne metropolitan region, whilst March 18 is celebrated as Canberra Day and is a public holiday within the Australian Capital Territory.

Holidays
DateName
1 JanuaryNew Year's Day
26 JanuaryAustralia Day
EasterGood Friday
EasterEaster Saturday (except Victoria and WA)
EasterEaster Monday
25 AprilAnzac Day
first Monday on or after 9 JuneQueen's Birthday except WA
25 DecemberChristmas Day
26 DecemberBoxing Day except South Australia

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Australian public holidays."

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Holiday

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

A holiday is day set aside by a nation or culture (in some cases, multiple nations and cultures) typically for celebration but sometimes for some other kind of special culture-wide (or national) observation or activity.

A public holiday or legal holiday is a holiday endorsed by the state. Public holidays can be either religious, in which case they reflect the dominant religion in a country, or secular, in which case they are usually political or historical in character.

Based on the English words "holy" and "day," holidays originally represented special days of the Christian church calendar. The word has evolved in general usage to mean any special day, or even non-special day on which school or offices are closed such as Sunday.

Consecutive holidays are a string of holidays taken together without working days in between. They tend to be considered a good chance to take short trips, for example. In late 1990s, the Japanese government passed a law that increases the likehood of consecutive holidays by moving holidays fixed on certain day to a relative position in a month such as the second Monday. A well-known consecutive holiday in Japan is golden-week, roughly lasting a whole week.

In late 20-century, Saturday has become increasingly considered holiday as well as Sunday.

For farm holiday, see Agriturismo.

In the United Kingdom, Ireland and Australia, a holiday is also a period spent away from home or business in travel or recreation (e.g., "I'm going on holiday to Majorca next week"), like an American "vacation".

Religious holidays

Jewish holidays

Main article: Jewish holidays

Christian holidays

Islamic/Muslim holidays

Hindu holidays

National holidays

See Holidays in Germany

See Holidays in Sweden

Others

Many other days are marked to celebrate events or people, but are not strictly holidays as time off work is rarely given.

External links

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Holiday."

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Synonyms: HOLIDAYS

Synonyms: Annual events and observances, Festivals, Legal holidays, National holidays, National observances. (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: HOLIDAYS

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Amusement

Holiday; gala day, red letter day, play day; high days and holidays; high holiday, Bank holiday; May day, Derby day; Saint Monday, Easter Monday, Whit Monday; Bairam; wayz-goos, bean feast; Arbor Day, Declaration Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Memorial Day, Thanksgiving Day; Mardi gras,mi-careme, feria, fiesta.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: HOLIDAYS

English words defined with "HOLIDAYS": Black Mondaycaravanning, celebrate, continuousGrand daysholiday seasonkeepobservePlow Mondayseasonuninterrupted. (references)
Specialty definitions using "HOLIDAYS": ATDNSHINCBLACK MONDAYelectric-detector operatorFLORAL DESIGNER, Flow to market, fringe benefitsHOLIDAY-DETECTOR OPERATORjeeper operatorMay-polepipe jeeper, PIPELINE CONSTRUCTION INSPECTOR, Plough MondayRock DaySans Culottides, SHEX, SHINC, Shipping holiday, Stir Up Sunday, Swinge-bucklerTime off benefitvirtual Fridaywage supplements, Wages and salaries. (references)
Etymologies containing "HOLIDAYS": halibut. (references)

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Modern Usage: HOLIDAYS

DomainUsage

Screenplays

I was thinking we could wait 'til the next holiday cause holidays are special (The Other Sister; writing credit: Alexandra Rose; Blair Richwood)

See, this is what the holidays are all about (Seinfeld; writing credit: Andreas Lenze; Bea Schmidt)

It's only for the holidays. (The Lion in Winter; writing credit: David Newman; Robert Benton)

We only clean on holidays. (Tenacious D; writing credit: Masato Ochi)

Do you think we should wait until after the holidays to take her down (Jack Frost; writing credit: Michael Cooney; Jeremy Paige)

Lyrics

I like holidays when there is nothing to do (Tricky, tricky; performing artist: Lou Bega)

Movie/TV Titles

Roman Holidays (1972)

Home for the Holidays (1972)

Holidays with Pay (1948)

Happy Holidays (1940)

Didums on His Holidays (1912)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: HOLIDAYS

DomainTitle

References

  • First Choice Holidays Plc: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

    (more reference examples)

  

Books

  • Holidays on Ice (reference)

  • Llewellyn's 2003 Witches' Spell-A-Day Almanac: Holidays & Lore, Spells & Recipes, Rituals & Meditations (reference)

  • Make Your Own Calendar 2003: With 198 Stickers for Holidays, Birthdays, Vacat... (reference)

  • The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook: Holidays (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

  • Holidays Festivals And Celebrations Of The World Dictionary (reference)

  • Holidays In The British Isles A Guide (reference)

    (more periodical examples)

  

Theater & Movies

  

Music

  

High Tech

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: HOLIDAYS

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Photo Album: HOLIDAYS

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"As the anti-submarine warfare carrier USS Essex (CVS-9) steamed toward a nine-day visit to Rotterdam, Holland, for the Christmas Holidays, crewmen formed the traditional Dutch equivalent of America's 'Merry Christmas' on the flight deck." "Essex, the oldest carrier still in operation, is deployed in the Eastern Atlantic as Flagship of Task Group 83.3. Through her visits to English, Dutch and German ports, 'The Fighten'est Ship in the Fleet' is giving our allies a chance to get a first-hand look at an example of America's naval strength." Photograph and caption were released by the ship's PIO under date of 29 December 1961. Destroyer in the middle background is USS Robinson (DD-562). Credit: NAVY.

Old Bachelor: How glad I am that I don't have to cart round endless bundles for greedy brats during the holidays. Credit: Library of Congress.

After the holidays. Credit: Library of Congress.

Farmer: Yes, she's a gran' lil caow : Sundays an' holidays -- rain or shine -- she'll give ... Credit: Library of Congress.

Holidays in the country. Troublesome flies / Lith. of Currier & Ives. Credit: Library of Congress.

Serve Coca-Cola--Refreshing surprise--Stock up for the holidays. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Digital Photo Gallery: HOLIDAYS
 

"Holidays - halloween pumpkin 2" by Bobbie Osborne
Commentary: "Halloween pumpkin black background date: 2003-10-08."
"Avenue in Nerja (Malaga)" by Jon Urtxegi
Commentary: "Avenue sited next to the Europa balcony in Neja, Malaga, Spain. I took it when I went there in holidays."

Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

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Familiar Quotations: HOLIDAYS

AuthorQuotation

Henny Youngman

I once wanted to become an atheist, but I gave up -- they have no holidays.

Walter F. Mondale

I said I didn't want to spend most of my life in Holidays Inns, but I've checked and they've all been redecorated. They're marvelous places to stay and I've thought it over and that's where I'd like to be.

William Shakespeare

If all the year were playing holidays, to sport would be as tedious as to work.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Historic Usage: HOLIDAYS

AuthorDateQuotation

United Nations

1948

Everyone has the right to rest and leisure, including reasonable limitation of working hours and periodic holidays with pay. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: HOLIDAYS

TitleAuthorQuote

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Joyce, James

Soon they would be going home for the holidays.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: HOLIDAYS

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Schedules may need to be changed for holidays and other reasons. (references)

Business

Traveling patterns during holidays and weekends are also on a small scale. (references)

Reference to religious holidays, pork, cinemas, bars, and so forth, are prohibited. (references)

Industry sources reported that approximately 65% of these consumers would travel home for their holidays. (references)

Civil Liberties

Fiji

The major holidays of Christianity, Hinduism, and Islam are celebrated nationally. (references)

Israel and the occupied territories

Comprehensive closures also are instituted regularly during major Israeli holidays. (references)

Bhutan

The King has declared major Hindu festivals to be national holidays, and the royal family participates in them. (references)

Economic History

Sri Lanka

The public sector and banks enjoy additional holidays. (references)

Chad

Benefits such as tax holidays can last up to five or ten years. (references)

Qatar

However, tax holidays, access roads and property leases rentals are subject to negotiation. (references)

Human Rights

Kenya

The Penal Code specifically excludes weekends and holidays from this 14-day period. (references)

China

The courts traditionally issue several death sentences before the annual lunar New Year holiday and other holidays. (references)

Bahamas

Arrested persons appear before a magistrate within 72 hours (or by the next business day for cases arising on weekends and holidays) to hear the charges against them. (references)

Minorities

Mauritius

During the year, they organized community events around religious holidays in which residents of all faiths participated. (references)

Political Economy

KUWAIT

A new foreign investment law does offer significant tax holidays. (references)

COSTA RICA

Income tax holidays are scheduled to end in 2003 due to Costa Rica's WTO TRIMS commitments. (references)

Political Rights

Ethiopia

There were credible reports that during candidate registration, many kebele (village or municipal unit) offices were closed for holidays or were otherwise unstaffed, hindering the registration process of opposition candidates. (references)

Trade

Uae

These free trade zones offer incentives and exemptions ranging from tax holidays to assistance in recruiting labor. (references)

Uzbekistan

Contrary to WTO standards, the government of Uzbekistan grants some tax benefits, such as tax holidays, for Uzbek or foreign joint venture exporters. (references)

Travel

Mauritius

There are 14 public holidays. (references)

Thailand

Closed on Thai and U.S. Official Holidays. (references)

West Bank

Jewish holidays begin at sunset the day before. (references)

Worker Rights

Spain

Workers enjoy 12 paid holidays a year and a month's paid vacation. (references)

Russia

The law requires premium pay for overtime work or work on holidays. (references)

Israel and the occupied territories

Children who are 14 years old may be employed during official school holidays. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Speeches: HOLIDAYS

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

Harry S. Truman

1945-1953At the same time that we have curtailed the number of employees, we have shortened the workweek by one-sixth or more throughout the Government and have restored holidays.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: HOLIDAYS

"HOLIDAYS" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 90.85% of the time. "HOLIDAYS" is used about 2,695 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (plural)90.85%2,4483,667
Noun (proper)8.78%23719,467
Lexical Verb (-s form)0.37%10111,207
                    Total100.00%2,695N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Usage in Company Names: HOLIDAYS

CountryName
United Kingdom

First Choice Holidays Plc

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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.

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Expressions: HOLIDAYS

Expressions using "HOLIDAYS": christmas holidays during the holidays farm holidays go away for the holidays holidays with pay i am on holidays paid holidays school holidays summer holidays The holidays unpaid holidays. Additional references.

Hypenated Usage

Ending with "HOLIDAYS": half-holidays, Mini-holidays.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: HOLIDAYS

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

pleasant holidays.com

30

cosmos holidays.co.uk

20

holidays.com paphos

5

holidays.com hotels.htm london pride

4

argo holidays.com

4

holidays.com manx

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: HOLIDAYS

Language Translations for "HOLIDAYS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Afrikaans

  

skoolvakansie (school, school holidays). (various references)

   

Albanian

  

verim (holiday, vacations), pushime (recess). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏عطلة مدرسية (school holidays), ‏الإجازة الصيفية (summer holidays). (various references)

   

Basque

  

oporrak. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

ваканция (leave, recess, vac, vacation), отпуска (holiday, leave, vacation). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

避暑 (be away for the summer holidays, prevent sunstroke, spend a holiday at a summer resort). (various references)

   

Czech

  

rekreace (recreation, relaxation), prázdniny (holiday, recess, vac, vacation), dovolená (holiday, leave, vacation). (various references)

   

Danish

  

helligdage (holiday 2) bare spot, skipping, starvation, starving out, uncoated area). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

heilige dag (holiday 2) bare spot, skipping, starvation, starving out, uncoated area). (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

lernejaj ferioj (school holidays). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

maalaamaton kohta, loma (furlough, gap, interval, leave, vacation). (various references)

   

French

  

manques, fêtes. (various references)

   

German

  

ferien (holiday, recess, spare time, time off, vacation, vacations). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

ασυνέχειες (discontinuities), διακοπέσ (vacation). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

vakáció (busman's holiday, holiday, recess, vac), szabadság (franchise, freedom, holiday, independence, leave, liberty, vacation), szünidő (holiday, recess, vacation). (various references)

   

Italian

  

ferie (holliday, recess, vacation). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

バイヤー法 (all-terrain vehicle, baccalaureat, bacteria, bacteriophage, Bagdad, baggy look, bagpipe, baguette, basilisk, bass, bassoon, bath, baumkuchen, Bayer process, bazaar, bilingual, bind, binder, binding, bounce, bound, bow side, bucket, budget, bug, bug fix, bug list, bug report, bugbear, buggy, bus, by-line, honey wagon, pail, sand buggy, surf clam, vacation, vacuum, vacuum car, vacuum cleaner, vagabond, vagina). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

バカンス (vacation). (various references)

   

Occitan

  

vacanças. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

olidayshay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

poros (pores), frias (holiday), feriados. (various references)

   

Romanian

  

vacanţã (holiday, vacancy, vacation), sãrbãtoare (feast, festival, gala, holiday, revel), concediu (dismissal, furlough, pleasuring, vacation). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

каникулы (holiday, hols, recess, vacation). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

praznici. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

huecos de pintura, zonas sin pintar, vacaciones (recess, vac, vacation), siestas, feriados, descanso (at ease, break, breather, breathing space, decree, distraction, diversion, encampment, flop, half time, interlude, intermission, interval, landing, let up, pause, recess, relaxation, repose, rest, stand at ease, tease, time out, travel), días festivos. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

helger, skollov, lov (holiday, Laud, leave, permission, praise, recess, vacation), ledigheter, friställen, ferie (holiday, vacation). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

yortu (feast, festival, fiesta, holiday, hols), dini bayram (holiday, hols), bayram (feast, festal, festival, fete, fiesta, gala, holiday, hols). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

канікули (intermission, recess), відпустка (furlough, leave). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: HOLIDAYS

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

festa. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Misspellings: HOLIDAYS

Misspellings

"HOLIDAYS" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: halidays, hallidays, hoilday, hoildays, hoiliday, holidasy, holildays, hollidays, hollydays, oliday. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "HOLIDAYS"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "HOLIDAYS" (pronounced hÄ"ludā'z)
4-u d ā' znowadays.
3-d ā' zbirthdays, weekdays, workdays, yesterdays.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: HOLIDAYS

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: hyaloids.

Words within the letters "a-d-h-i-l-o-s-y"

-1 letter: haloids, holiday, hyaloid, hyoidal, ladyish, shadily.

-2 letters: aholds, aliyos, halids, haloid, hyoids, oldish, shoaly.

-3 letters: adios, ahold, dahls, daily, daisy, dashi, dashy, dhals, dials, diols, dishy, doily, hails, halid, halos, holds, hoyas, hylas, hyoid, idols, idyls, lidos, loads, odyls, ohias, sadly, sayid, shady, shaly, shily, shoal, sloid, sloyd, soldi, solid, yodhs.

-4 letters: ados, ahoy.

 Words containing the letters "a-d-h-i-l-o-s-y"
 

+1 letter: shadowily.

 

+2 letters: holidayers, thylakoids.

 

+3 letters: postholiday.

 

+4 letters: diaphanously, dishonorably, hemodialyses, hemodialysis, outlandishly, phosphatidyl, spheroidally.

 

+5 letters: achlorhydrias, admonishingly, holidaymakers, hyaluronidase, phosphatidyls, rhapsodically, standoffishly, synarthrodial, synecdochical.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Images: Digital Art
9. Quotations: Familiar
10. Quotations: Historic
11. Quotations: Fiction
12. Quotations: Non-fiction
13. Quotations: Speeches
14. Usage Frequency
15. Names: Company Usage
16. Expressions
17. Expressions: Internet
18. Translations: Modern
19. Translations: Ancient
20. Derivations
21. Rhymes
22. Anagrams
23. Bibliography


  

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