Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bank holiday

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.54 in modern English

Syllables
bank hol-i-day
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative letter-case form of bank holiday.

noun

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

British usage

noun

A closure of banks in a jurisdiction to curtail or prevent a bank run.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Historically, a holiday, other than a public holiday, observed by the Bank of England.

Usage

Inflected Forms

Bank Holidays (plural) bank-holiday (alternative)

Phrases

August Bank Holiday Bank Holiday Monday public holiday long weekend Labor Day

Frequently Paired Words

public holiday long weekend Labor Day

Questions

What does bank holiday mean?
Alternative letter-case form of bank holiday.
Where does bank holiday come from?
Historically, a holiday, other than a public holiday, observed by the Bank of England.

How to pronounce bank holiday

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