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Noun: vacancy  vey-kun(t)-see
  1. An unoccupied position or job
    "We have a new vacancy"
     
  2. The state of being unoccupied
    "The vacancy of the position attracted many applicants"
     
  3. An important absence or lack of someone or something
    "There was a vacancy in his life after she left";
    - void, emptiness, vacuum
     
  4. Mental inactivity
    "His eyes had a look of vacancy as he daydreamed"

Derived forms: vacancies

Type of: emptiness, space

Encyclopedia: Vacancy