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"etymology_text": "Historically, a holiday, other than a public holiday, observed by the Bank of England.",
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"word": "August Bank Holiday"
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"word": "Bank Holiday Monday"
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"text": "On a bank holiday weekend."
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"(UK, Ireland) A weekday, often a Monday, on which most businesses are closed, and granted to workers as a national holiday."
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"word": "public holiday"
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"word": "Labor Day"
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"word": "Bank Holiday"
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"sense": "a weekday granted to workers as a national holiday",
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"word": "wettelijke feestdag"
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"sense": "a weekday granted to workers as a national holiday",
"word": "banka ferio"
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"sense": "a weekday granted to workers as a national holiday",
"word": "banka libertago"
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "a weekday granted to workers as a national holiday",
"word": "yleinen vapaapäivä"
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"sense": "a weekday granted to workers as a national holiday",
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"sense": "a weekday granted to workers as a national holiday",
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"sense": "a weekday granted to workers as a national holiday",
"tags": [
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"word": "αργία"
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"sense": "a weekday granted to workers as a national holiday",
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"sense": "a weekday granted to workers as a national holiday",
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"A closure of banks in a jurisdiction to curtail or prevent a bank run."
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"(euphemistic) A closure of banks in a jurisdiction to curtail or prevent a bank run."
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],
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{
"word": "long weekend"
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"word": "Labor Day"
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"text": "On a bank holiday weekend."
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],
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"UK"
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"A closure of banks in a jurisdiction to curtail or prevent a bank run."
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"(euphemistic) A closure of banks in a jurisdiction to curtail or prevent a bank run."
],
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}
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"word": "Bank Holiday"
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"word": "bank-holiday"
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"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "a weekday granted to workers as a national holiday",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "wettelijke feestdag"
},
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"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "a weekday granted to workers as a national holiday",
"word": "banka ferio"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "a weekday granted to workers as a national holiday",
"word": "banka libertago"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "a weekday granted to workers as a national holiday",
"word": "yleinen vapaapäivä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "a weekday granted to workers as a national holiday",
"word": "kansallinen vapaapäivä"
},
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "a weekday granted to workers as a national holiday",
"word": "jour férié"
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{
"code": "de",
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"sense": "a weekday granted to workers as a national holiday",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "Feiertag"
},
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"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
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"sense": "a weekday granted to workers as a national holiday",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "αργία"
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"code": "ga",
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"sense": "a weekday granted to workers as a national holiday",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "féile bainc"
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{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "a weekday granted to workers as a national holiday",
"tags": [
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"word": "saorlá bainc"
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "a weekday granted to workers as a national holiday",
"tags": [
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"word": "fiesta nacional"
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"wikipedia": [
"Bank of England"
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