/vay"keuhn see/ , n. , pl. vacancies .
1. the state of being vacant; emptiness.
2. a vacant, empty, or unoccupied place, as untenanted lodgings or offices: This building still has no vacancies.
3. a gap; opening; breach.
4. an unoccupied position or office: a vacancy on the Supreme Court.
5. lack of thought or intelligence; vacuity: a look of utter vacancy.
6. Crystall. (in a crystal) an imperfection resulting from an unoccupied lattice position. Cf. interstitial (def. 3).
7. Archaic. absence of activity; idleness.
[ 1570-80; vacantia. See VACANT, -ANCY ]