Definitions for bank holiday
bank hol·i·day

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1. bank holidaynoun

   any of several weekdays when banks are closed; a legal holiday in Britain

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1. bank holidaynoun

   In Great Britain and some other countries, a weekday, often a Monday, on which most businesses are closed and granted to workers as a national holiday.

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

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1. bank holiday

   A bank holiday is a public holiday during which banking institutions are officially closed for business. It is a day designated by the government or authorities when no business transactions would be conducted in banks. This term is mainly used in the United Kingdom, other Commonwealth countries, and some European countries. It is equivalent to a national public holiday in other nations. While it initially applied only to banks, it now generally refers to any public holiday.

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1. Bank holiday

   A bank holiday is a public holiday in the United Kingdom, Commonwealth countries, other European countries such as Switzerland, and a colloquialism for a public holiday in Ireland. There is no automatic right to time off on these days, although banks close and the majority of the working population is granted time off work or extra pay for working on these days, depending on their contract. The first official bank holidays were the four days named in the Bank Holidays Act 1871, but today the term is colloquially used for public holidays which are not officially bank holidays, for example Good Friday and Christmas Day. Many large shops open on bank holidays, when many people have a day off for shopping.

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1. • Legal Holiday

How to pronounce bank holiday?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

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   Natasha

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   Veena

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   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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How to say bank holiday in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of bank holiday in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of bank holiday in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of bank holiday in a Sentence

1. Diane Wehrle:

   UK retail destinations suffered post Bank Holiday blues last week, with footfall dropping back by around half of the uplift recorded in the week before, when the school half-term holiday coincided with the Spring bank holiday and amazing weather.

2. Chairman Brian Mattingley:

   We are still very confident we will get this transaction over the line, all I can say is I'm not going to have an easy bank holiday weekend.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=bank holiday
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Bank_Holiday
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=bank holiday