Vacancy

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ˈveɪkÉ™nsi/

Origin

From vacant + -ancy.

Full definition of vacancy

Noun

1. An unoccupied position or job.
2. An available room in a hotel; guest house, etc.
3. Empty space.
• 1993, James Michie, trans. Ovid, The Art of Love, Book II:Sky was set above earth, land ringed with sea,
  Chaos retired to its own vacancy ....
4. Lack of intelligence or understanding.
5. (physics) A defect in a crystal caused by the absence of an atom in a lattice

Related terms

• vacant adjective
• vacate verb