vacancy
pronunciation
How to pronounce vacancy in British English:
UK [ˈveɪkənsi]
How to pronounce vacancy in American English:
US [ˈveɪkənsi]
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- Noun:
- being unoccupied
- an empty area or space
Word Origin
- vacancy (n.)
- 1570s, "a vacating;" c. 1600, "state of being vacant," from Late Latin vacantia, from Latin vacans "empty, unoccupied," present participle of vacare "be empty" (see vain). From 1690s as "a vacant office or post;" meaning "available room at a hotel" is recorded from 1953. Related: Vacance (1530s); vacancies.
Example
- 1. His departure creates another vacancy for geithner to fill .
- 2. Meanwhile , the board had a vacancy to fill .
- 3. In preparation for a vacancy , senior obama advisers have already discussed possible candidates .
- 4. Startling new figures have revealed that on average there are 10 jobseekers for every vacancy advertised in the uk .
- 5. The beveridge curve is a simple downward-sloping relationship between the vacancy rate in an economy , and the unemployment rate .