n.
period of rest
( AE ; CE has holiday )
1) to spend; take a ~
2) to be on; go on ~
3) an extended, long; paid; short ~
4) a spring; summer; winter ~
5) a ~ from
6) during a ~; on ~ (she was away on ~)
period during which a college or university is closed
7) ( BE ) the long ~
USAGE NOTE: Soldiers and sailors go on leave ; civilians go on holiday ( BE ) or on ~ ( AE ). British students go on holiday during the long ~ / vac .