vacancy

(vā'kən-sē)
n., pl., -cies.

1. The condition of being vacant or unoccupied.
2. An empty or unoccupied space.
3. A position, office, or place of accommodation that is unfilled or unoccupied.
4. Emptiness of mind; inanity.
5. A crystal defect caused by the absence of an atom, ion, or molecule in a crystal lattice.
6. Archaic. A period of leisure; idleness.

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Circumstance where no people or contents occupy or are kept in a building for at least 60 consecutive days. The same stipulations apply to property coverages as found in unoccupancy.
See also unoccupancy.

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noun

1. Total absence of matter: emptiness, vacuity, vacuum, void. See full/empty/capacity.
2. Empty, unfilled space: barrenness, emptiness, nothingness, vacuity, vacuum, void. See full/empty/capacity.
3. Total lack of ideas, meaning, or substance: barrenness, blankness, emptiness, hollowness, inanity, vacuity, vacuousness. See full/empty/capacity.

n

Definition: opening
Antonyms: fill, overflow

IN BRIEF: n. - An empty area or space; Being unoccupied.

The motel had a "no vacancy" sign.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - stilling ledig, tomrum, ledigt værelse

Nederlands (Dutch)
vacature, leegte, wezenloosheid, leegstaand iets

Français (French)
n. - chambre libre, emplacement libre, poste à pourvoir, poste vacant, air absent, stupidité

Deutsch (German)
n. - Leere, freies Zimmer, freie Stelle

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - δωμάτιο (για νοίκιασμα), κενό δωμάτιο, κενή ή χηρεύουσα θέση

Italiano (Italian)
vuoto, apatia, ozio, vacanza

Português (Portuguese)
n. - vacância (f), vaga (f)

Русский (Russian)
пустота, незанятое место, безучастность, пробел

Español (Spanish)
n. - vacío, hueco, espacio, vacuidad, vacante, habitación

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - vakans, tomrum, ledighet, sysslolöshet, tomhet

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
空缺, 茫然所失, 空虚

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 空缺, 茫然所失, 空虛

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 공허, 빈 상태, 방심

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 空虚, 空白, 欠員, うわのそら, 空席, 空き, 放心状態

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) خلو, فراغ, شغور ( وظيفه)‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮חלל ריק, מקום פנוי, משרה פנויה, העדר-מחשבה, ריקנות נפשית‬

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