Holidays

hol·i·day  [hol-i-dey] 

noun

a day fixed by law or custom on which ordinary business is suspended in commemoration of some event or in honor of some person.

any day of exemption from work ( distinguished from working day ).

a time or period of exemption from any requirement, duty,assessment, etc.: New businesses may be granted a one-year tax holiday.

a religious feast day; holy day, especially any of several usually commemorative holy days observed in Judaism.

Sometimes, holidays. Chiefly British . a period of cessation from work or one of recreation; vacation.