Princeton's WordNet(4.60 / 5 votes)Rate this definition:

1. vacancy(noun)

   being unoccupied

2. void, vacancy, emptiness, vacuum(noun)

   an empty area or space

   "the huge desert voids"; "the emptiness of outer space"; "without their support he'll be ruling in a vacuum"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. vacancy(Noun)

   An unoccupied position or job.

2. vacancy(Noun)

   An available room in a hotel; guest house, etc.

3. vacancy(Noun)

   Empty space.

4. vacancy(Noun)

   Lack of intelligence or understanding.

5. vacancy(Noun)

   A defect in a crystal caused by the absence of an atom in a lattice

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Vacancy(noun)

   the quality or state of being vacant; emptiness; hence, freedom from employment; intermission; leisure; idleness; listlessness

2. Vacancy(noun)

   that which is vacant

3. Vacancy(noun)

   empty space; vacuity; vacuum

4. Vacancy(noun)

   an open or unoccupied space between bodies or things; an interruption of continuity; chasm; gap; as, a vacancy between buildings; a vacancy between sentences or thoughts

5. Vacancy(noun)

   unemployed time; interval of leisure; time of intermission; vacation

6. Vacancy(noun)

   a place or post unfilled; an unoccupied office; as, a vacancy in the senate, in a school, etc

Origin: [Cf. F. vacance.]

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of vacancy in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of vacancy in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of vacancy in a Sentence

1. Jocelerme Privert:

   The National Assembly will take all necessary measures to fill the vacancy of the presidency.

2. Ryan Severino:

   We should expect only a modest increase in rent growth in 2015 due to the still-elevated vacancy rate.

3. Mark Twain:

   [He was] a solemn, unsmiling, sanctimonious old iceberg who looked like he was waiting for a vacancy in the Trinity.

4. Maine Sen. Angus King:

   We've got an opening on the court. I think Sandra Day O'Connor made a very practical point. Let's fill the vacancy so the court can fully function and get on with it.

5. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell:

   The American people should have a voice in the selection of their next Supreme Court Justice. Therefore, this vacancy should not be filled until we have a new President.

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