vacancy

1 being unoccupied

2 an empty area or space; "the huge desert voids"; "the emptiness of outer space"; "without their support he'll be ruling in a vacuum" [syn: void, emptiness, vacuum]

English

Noun

1. An unoccupied position or job.
2. An available room in a hotel; guest house, etc.
3. Empty space.
4. Lack of intelligence or understanding.
5. The absence of program.

Related terms

• vacant adjective
• vacate verb

Vacancy may refer to:

• Vacancy (chemistry), a type of point defect in a crystal
• Vacancy (film), a 2007 film starring Luke Wilson and Kate Beckinsale
• Vacancy (EP), a Joseph Arthur album
• Vacancy (economics), a synonym for 'job opening'
• Vacancy (law), under Texas real property law, a gap between original surveys on the basis of which land was patented

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