(UK) a basic wage paid to an employee while they are on holiday. It can be paid for as many weeks holiday as an employee is entitled to, although an employee can spread their complete holiday entitlement over the whole year.

Alternative letter-case form of bank holiday

(chiefly UK, Ireland) A weekday, often a Monday, on which most businesses are closed, and granted to workers as a national holiday.

(idiomatic) A holiday or vacation during which one does something similar to what one does as work.

plural of bank holiday

(Britain) Someone who is on holiday.

A second home used for holidays.

(idiomatic, obsolete, slang) A saying signifying that the business or person spoken of or alluded to is finished, i.e. that it has no future.

(chiefly Britain) A holiday that consists of transport and accommodation advertised and sold together by a vendor known as a tour operator.

plural of holiday home