bank holiday

See also: Bank Holiday

English

Alternative forms

Bank Holiday, bank-holiday

Etymology

Historically, a holiday, other than a public holiday, observed by the Bank of England.

Noun

bank holiday (plural bank holidays)

(UK, Ireland) A weekday, often a Monday, on which most businesses are closed, and granted to workers as a national holiday.
On a bank holiday weekend.
(euphemistic) A closure of banks in a jurisdiction to curtail or prevent a bank run.

Derived terms

August Bank Holiday
Bank Holiday Monday

Translations

a weekday granted to workers as a national holiday

Dutch: wettelijke feestdag m
Esperanto: banka ferio, banka libertago
Finnish: yleinen vapaapäivä, kansallinen vapaapäivä
French: jour férié (fr)
German: Feiertag (de) m
Greek: αργία (el) f (argía)
Irish: féile bainc m, saorlá bainc m
Spanish: fiesta nacional f

See also

Further reading

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