"bank holiday" meaning in All languages combined

See bank holiday on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: bank holidays [plural]
Etymology: Historically, a holiday, other than a public holiday, observed by the Bank of England. Head templates: {{en-noun}} bank holiday (plural bank holidays)
  1. (UK, Ireland) A weekday, often a Monday, on which most businesses are closed, and granted to workers as a national holiday. Tags: Ireland, UK Synonyms: Bank Holiday, bank-holiday Derived forms: August Bank Holiday, Bank Holiday Monday Related terms: public holiday, long weekend, Labor Day Translations (a weekday granted to workers as a national holiday): wettelijke feestdag [masculine] (Dutch), banka ferio (Esperanto), banka libertago (Esperanto), yleinen vapaapäivä (Finnish), kansallinen vapaapäivä (Finnish), jour férié (French), Feiertag [masculine] (German), αργία (argía) [feminine] (Greek), féile bainc [masculine] (Irish), saorlá bainc [masculine] (Irish), fiesta nacional [feminine] (Spanish), gŵyl y banc [feminine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-bank_holiday-en-noun-FqvHlOJG Categories (other): British English, Irish English, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms with optional capitalization, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 85 15 Disambiguation of English terms with optional capitalization: 88 12 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 89 11 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 90 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 93 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 92 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 91 9 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 74 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 93 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 92 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 88 12 Disambiguation of 'a weekday granted to workers as a national holiday': 99 1
  2. (euphemistic) A closure of banks in a jurisdiction to curtail or prevent a bank run. Tags: euphemistic
    Sense id: en-bank_holiday-en-noun-GQnKrSR9 Categories (other): English euphemisms

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Alternative forms

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