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vacancies

[vey-kuhn-see] Origin

va·can·cy

[vey-kuhn-see]
noun, plural -cies.
1.
the state of being vacant; emptiness.
2.
a vacant, empty, or unoccupied place, as untenanted lodgings or offices: This building still has no vacancies.
3.
a gap; opening; breach.
4.
an unoccupied position or office: a vacancy on the Supreme Court.
5.
lack of thought or intelligence; vacuity: a look of utter vacancy.
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6.
Crystallography. (in a crystal) an imperfection resulting from an unoccupied lattice position. Compare interstitial (def. 3).
7.
Archaic. absence of activity; idleness.
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Origin:
1570–80; < Medieval Latin vacantia. See vacant, -ancy

non·va·can·cy, noun, plural -cies.
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Word Origin & History

vacancy
c.1600, "state of being vacant," from L.L. vacantia, from vacans (see vacant). Meaning "available room at a hotel" is recorded from 1953. Related: Vacancies.
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