Tuesday, December 23, 2008

word of the day - dec 23 08

holiday
noun
1. a day fixed by law or custom on which ordinary business is suspended in commemoration of some event or in honour of some person.
2. any day of exemption from work.
3. a time or period of exemption from any requirement, duty, assessment, etc.: New businesses may be granted a one-year tax holiday.
4. a religious feast day; holy day, esp. any of several usually commemorative holy days observed in Judaism.
5. sometimes, holidays. chiefly British. a period of cessation from work or one of recreation; vacation.
6. an unintentional gap left on a plated, coated, or painted surface

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