vacancy

B1 Topic:House & Home

Also spelled wacancy

US /ˈvæɪkənsi/ UK /ˈveɪkənsi/ See IPA manual

noun Freq #19234

Meanings

1

noun
A job that is available because no one is currently doing it.

The company advertised a vacancy for a marketing manager.
2

noun
A room that is free and available in a hotel or guest house.

The hotel had no vacancies during the busy holiday season.
3

noun
An empty space.

There was a strange vacancy where the old building used to stand.

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Synonyms

3 noun · an empty space. void emptiness

Word family

Forms vacancies

Derived forms divacancymonovacancymultivacancysemivacancytrivacancy

Related forms vacant vacate

Etymology

From Late Latin vacantia. Doublet of vacance.

vacantia la-lat

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House & Home

# vacancy

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** ˈvæɪkənsi
**IPA (UK):** ˈveɪkənsi
**Frequency rank:** 19234

## Meanings
1. A job that is available because no one is currently doing it.
2. A room that is free and available in a hotel or guest house.
3. An empty space.

## Examples
- The company advertised a vacancy for a marketing manager.
- The hotel had no vacancies during the busy holiday season.
- There was a strange vacancy where the old building used to stand.

## Derived Forms
- divacancy
- monovacancy
- multivacancy
- semivacancy
- trivacancy

## Related Forms
- vacant
- vacate

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: vacantia

## Etymology
From Late Latin vacantia. Doublet of vacance.

## AI Etymology
Vacancy is from Late Latin vacantia. Doublet of vacance. The historical line also includes la-lat vacantia. In present-day use, it can mean a job that is available because no one is currently doing it, or a room that is free and available in a hotel or guest house. Derived formations include divacancy, monovacancy, multivacancy, semivacancy, trivacancy.

## Topics
- House & Home

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