1. [Brit] Leisure time away from work devoted to rest or pleasure
   "we took a short holiday in Puerto Rico";
   - vacation, vac [Brit, informal], vacay [N. Amer, informal]
    
2. A day on which work is suspended by law or custom
   "no mail is delivered on federal holidays"; "it's a good thing that New Year's was a holiday because everyone had a hangover"

1. Spend or take a vacation
   "They're holidaying in the Caribbean this year";
   - vacation [N. Amer]

Derived forms: holidays, holidaying, holidayed

Type of: day, leisure, leisure time, pass, spend

Encyclopedia: Holiday, John