vacancy

UK: /ˈveɪkənsi/ US: /ˈveɪkənsi/ ,(vā′kən sē)

Inflections of 'vacancy' (n): npl: vacancies

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

va•can•cy /ˈveɪkənsi/   n., pl. -cies. 

1. [uncountable] the state of being vacant;
   emptiness.
2. a vacant or unoccupied place, esp. one for rent, as a hotel room or an apartment:
   [countable] several vacancies listed in the paper.
3. an unoccupied position or office:
   [countable] We have a vacancy for PTA president.

See -vac-.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

va•can•cy  (vā′kən sē), n., pl. -cies. 

1. the state of being vacant;
   emptiness.
2. a vacant, empty, or unoccupied place, as untenanted lodgings or offices:
   This building still has no vacancies.
3. a gap;
   opening;
   breach.
4. an unoccupied position or office:
   a vacancy on the Supreme Court.
5. lack of thought or intelligence;
   vacuity:
   a look of utter vacancy.
6. [Crystall.] (in a crystal) an imperfection resulting from an unoccupied lattice position. Cf. interstitial (def. 3).
7. [Archaic.] absence of activity;
   idleness.

• Medieval Latin vacantia. See vacant, -ancy
• 1570–80

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vacancy / ˈveɪkənsɪ/ noun ( -cies)

1. the state or condition of being vacant or unoccupied; emptiness
2. an unoccupied post or office: we have a vacancy in the accounts department
3. an unoccupied room in a boarding house, hotel, etc: put the "No Vacancies" sign in the window
4. lack of thought or intelligent awareness; inanity
5. a defect in a crystalline solid caused by the absence of an atom, ion, or molecule from its position in the crystal lattice
6. idleness or a period spent in idleness