noun
A day on which a religious event or secular celebration is traditionally observed.
Near-synonyms: holy day, feast day, festival (feast day sense)
Today is a Wiccan holiday!
A day declared free from work by the state or government.
A period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel; often plural.
How much holiday are you allowed?
No matter how early I came down, I would find him on the veranda, smoking cigarettes, or[…]. And at last I began to realize in my harassed soul that all elusion was futile, and to take such holidays as I could get, when he was off with a girl, in a spirit of thankfulness.
A period during which pupils do not attend their school; often plural; rarely used for students at university (usually: vacation).
I want to take a French course this summer holiday.
A period during which, by agreement, the usual payments are not made.
a mortgage payment holiday
verb
To take a period of time away from work or study.
To spend a period of time in recreational travel.
name
A surname.
The holiday season or Christmas season, especially when paired with a year.
Holiday 2014