bank holiday

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)

1. (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.

2. (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

• public holiday
• long weekend
• Labor Day

Further reading

• bank holiday on Wikipedia.Wikipedia