hol·i·day [hol-i-dey]
noun
1. a day fixed by law or custom on which ordinary business is suspended in commemoration of some event or in honor of some person
2. any day of exemption from work
3. a time or period of exemption from any requirement, duty, assessment, etc.
4. a religious feast day; holy day, espexially any of several usually commemorative holy days observed in Judaism.
5. Sometimes, holidays Chiefly British. a period of cessation from work or one of recreation' vacation.