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Definition of vacancy - Reverso English Dictionary
Noun
1.
hospitalityavailable room in a hotel or guest house
- The hotel has a vacancy for tonight.
2.
employmentunoccupied position or job available for someone
- There is a vacancy for a teacher at the school.
3.
physicsTECH. defect in a crystal due to a missing atomTECH.
- The scientist studied the vacancy in the crystal lattice.
Expressions with vacancy
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choose someone for an empty job or position
The company needs to fill a vacancy quickly.
percentage of unoccupied rental units at a specific time
The city's vacancy rate dropped to 5% this year.
Origin of vacancy
Latin, vacare (to be empty)
Terms with vacancy included in their meaning
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employment
job vacancy available for applicants
vacancy
having no residents or inhabitants
real estate
lease a property again after vacancy
politics
election held outside regular schedule to fill a vacancy
solution
fill a temporary need or vacancy
leadership chain
protocol for assuming a role after a vacancy
vacancy
not occupied or taken by someone
crystallography
point defect in crystals with vacancy and interstitial atom
vacancy
condition of being vacant or unoccupied
Examples of vacancy in a sentence
There was a vacancy sign at the motel. The company advertised a vacancy in the marketing department. After the resignation, there was a vacancy on the board. Researchers found a vacancy affecting the material's properties. A vacancy was detected in the metal's structure.
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- French:chambre libre, poste vacant, ...
- German:freies Zimmer, freie Stelle, ...
- Italian:posto vacante, posizione, ...
- Spanish:habitación libre, puesto vacante, ...
- Portuguese:vaga, vacância, ...
- Chinese:空房, 职位空缺, ...
- Japanese:空室, 空き, ...
- Arabic:غُرفة شاغِرة, وَظِيفَة شاغِرَة, ...
- Hebrew:חֲדַר פָּנוּי, מִשְׂרָה פְּנוּיָה, ...
- Russian:вакансия, дефект, ...
- Ukrainian:вільний номер, дефект, ...
- Hindi:खाली कमरा, रिक्ति, ...
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