public holiday
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public holiday — ➔ holiday * * * public holiday UK US noun [C] ► an official holiday when banks, schools, and many businesses are closed for the day: »The London stock market was closed yesterday for a public holiday. → See also BANK HOLIDAY(Cf. ↑ … Financial and business terms
public holiday — In relation to England and Wales or Northern Ireland, Christmas Day, Good Friday or a bank holiday in the relevant jurisdiction under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971. In relation to Scotland, a day which is a bank holiday under the… … Law dictionary
public holiday — n a special day when people do not go to work and shops do not open American Equivalent: holiday … Dictionary of contemporary English
public holiday — noun count * a special day when stores and businesses are closed and people do not go to work … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
public holiday — noun authorized by law and limiting work or official business • Syn: ↑legal holiday, ↑national holiday • Hypernyms: ↑holiday • Hyponyms: ↑New Year s Day, ↑New Year s, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
public holiday */ — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms public holiday : singular public holiday plural public holidays a bank holiday … English dictionary
public holiday — /pʌblɪk ˈhɒlədeɪ/ (say publik holuhday) noun an official holiday for members of the public generally throughout Australia, or throughout the whole of a particular State …
public holiday — official state holiday … English contemporary dictionary
ˌpublic ˈholiday — noun [C] a bank holiday … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
public holiday — /ˌpʌblɪk hɒlɪdeɪ/ noun a day when all employees are entitled to take a holiday … Dictionary of banking and finance
