vacancy
/ˈveɪkənsi/ noun B1- An unoccupied position or job.
- An available room in a hotel; guest house, etc.
- Empty space.
- A blank mind, unoccupied with thought.
- Lack of intelligence or understanding.
- A defect in a crystal caused by the absence of an atom in a lattice
Plural vacancies
From the library
“‘Why,’ says he, ‘here’s another vacancy on the League of the Red-headed Men.
It’s worth quite a little fortune to any man who gets it, and I understand that there are more vacancies than there are men, so that the trustees are at their wits’ end what to do with the money.
“TO THE RED-HEADED LEAGUE: On account of the bequest of the late Ezekiah Hopkins, of Lebanon, Pennsylvania, U.S.A., there is now another vacancy open which entitles a member of the League to a salary of £ 4 a week for purely nominal services.
“‘Why, I wonder at that, for you are eligible yourself for one of the vacancies.’
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