Vacancy
noun
A job or position that is available to be taken.
They advertised a vacancy at the local store.
Often appears as...
- job vacancy
- advertise a vacancy
noun
A space or place that is unoccupied.
There is a vacancy in the front row.
Often appears as...
- room vacancy
- vacancy rate
noun
A period or state of inactivity.
They enjoyed the vacancy of their summer holiday.
Often appears as...
- summer vacancy
- vacancy period
noun
A lack or absence of something.
There is a vacancy of leadership in the team.
Often appears as...
- vacancy of leadership
- vacancy of decision
noun
A job or position that is available to be taken.
They advertised a vacancy at the local store.
Often appears as...
- job vacancy
- advertise a vacancy
noun
A space or place that is unoccupied.
There is a vacancy in the front row.
Often appears as...
- room vacancy
- vacancy rate
noun
A period or state of inactivity.
They enjoyed the vacancy of their summer holiday.
Often appears as...
- summer vacancy
- vacancy period
noun
A lack or absence of something.
There is a vacancy of leadership in the team.
Often appears as...
- vacancy of leadership
- vacancy of decision
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Work Opportunity
'Vacancy' often refers to a job that needs to be filled. It's a formal term used by employers.
The company's website lists several vacancies for engineers.
Pro Tip 2/3Active Search
'Advertise a vacancy' means the employer is looking for applicants for the open position.
The HR department is actively advertising the vacancy in the marketing team.
Pro Tip 3/3Filling In
When someone 'fills a vacancy,' they take the job that was open and start working.
She filled the vacancy left by the previous manager.
Pro Tip 1/3Work Opportunity
'Vacancy' often refers to a job that needs to be filled. It's a formal term used by employers.
The company's website lists several vacancies for engineers.
Pro Tip 2/3Active Search
'Advertise a vacancy' means the employer is looking for applicants for the open position.
The HR department is actively advertising the vacancy in the marketing team.
Pro Tip 3/3Filling In
When someone 'fills a vacancy,' they take the job that was open and start working.
She filled the vacancy left by the previous manager.
Pro Tip 1/3Work Opportunity
'Vacancy' often refers to a job that needs to be filled. It's a formal term used by employers.
The company's website lists several vacancies for engineers.
Pro Tip 2/3Active Search
'Advertise a vacancy' means the employer is looking for applicants for the open position.
The HR department is actively advertising the vacancy in the marketing team.
Pro Tip 3/3Filling In
When someone 'fills a vacancy,' they take the job that was open and start working.
She filled the vacancy left by the previous manager.
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Video examples
The Infinite Hotel...
What self-respecting night manager would ever want to work there even for an infinite salary? But over at Hilbert's Infinite Hotel, where there's never any vacancy and always room for more, the scenarios faced by the ever-diligent and maybe too hospitable night manager
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Chimamanda Ngozi...
and depressing ones, such as the fact that 5,000 people apply for one job vacancy in Nigeria. But there are other stories that are not about catastrophe, and it is very important, it is just as important, to talk about them. I've always felt that it is impossible
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Wadi Rum Offers a Unique...
sleep outside in the vast vacancy of the world. Let your eyes take in the midnight sky, as the colossal cosmos comes into focus.
Video examples
The Infinite Hotel...
What self-respecting night manager would ever want to work there even for an infinite salary? But over at Hilbert's Infinite Hotel, where there's never any vacancy and always room for more, the scenarios faced by the ever-diligent and maybe too hospitable night manager
Video examples
Chimamanda Ngozi...
and depressing ones, such as the fact that 5,000 people apply for one job vacancy in Nigeria. But there are other stories that are not about catastrophe, and it is very important, it is just as important, to talk about them. I've always felt that it is impossible
Video examples
Wadi Rum Offers a Unique...
sleep outside in the vast vacancy of the world. Let your eyes take in the midnight sky, as the colossal cosmos comes into focus.
Example 1 of 3
Quote examples
David Lidington
British Politician
The closer you get to Number 10 the more you see what a back-breaking job that is, the pressure is absolutely constant and the loss of privacy is almost complete so I don't have ambitions in that direction and there is no vacancy nor likely to be during my time in politics.
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Ntozake Shange
American Playwright
I started writing because there's an absence of things I was familiar with or that I dreamed about. One of my senses of anger is related to this vacancy - a yearning I had as a teenager... and when I get ready to write, I think I'm trying to fill that.
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Judith Viorst
American Author
My mother was born in June and later, feeling a vacancy, chose her birth month for her middle name. Marry to marry, had kids because that's what was done. Liked crossword puzzles, liked lilac trees, liked baking in the sun, and liked Bing Crosby.
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Paul Johnson
British Journalist
I very much wanted to live in Paris when I was in the army, and I was quite determined to. I could have become a dress designer: Dior was willing to take me on as an assistant, but he did not have an immediate vacancy.
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Henry Laurens
American Politician
I shall have less cause to regret the carrying my intended purpose into effect, foreseeing that you may immediately fill with advantage, the vacancy which will presently happen.
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Chuck Fleischmann
American Politician
I began to get calls from constituents, 'Do you think you can ever get on transportation?' So when there was a vacancy created, I worked very hard to get there.
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Logan Pearsall Smith
American Writer
All my life, as down an abyss without a bottom. I have been pouring van loads of information into that vacancy of oblivion I call my mind.
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Bill Nelson
American Politician
The Senate has a constitutional responsibility to fill vacancies on the Supreme Court, and I take that responsibility very seriously.
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Kirsten Gillibrand
American Politician
Communities in every corner of America struggle to fill nursing vacancies to provide care for everyone who needs it.
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Sajid Javid
British Politician
We have a workforce crisis across the NHS with around 100,000 vacancies.
Quote examples
David Lidington
British Politician
The closer you get to Number 10 the more you see what a back-breaking job that is, the pressure is absolutely constant and the loss of privacy is almost complete so I don't have ambitions in that direction and there is no vacancy nor likely to be during my time in politics.
Quote examples
Ntozake Shange
American Playwright
I started writing because there's an absence of things I was familiar with or that I dreamed about. One of my senses of anger is related to this vacancy - a yearning I had as a teenager... and when I get ready to write, I think I'm trying to fill that.
Quote examples
Judith Viorst
American Author
My mother was born in June and later, feeling a vacancy, chose her birth month for her middle name. Marry to marry, had kids because that's what was done. Liked crossword puzzles, liked lilac trees, liked baking in the sun, and liked Bing Crosby.
Quote examples
Paul Johnson
British Journalist
I very much wanted to live in Paris when I was in the army, and I was quite determined to. I could have become a dress designer: Dior was willing to take me on as an assistant, but he did not have an immediate vacancy.
Quote examples
Henry Laurens
American Politician
I shall have less cause to regret the carrying my intended purpose into effect, foreseeing that you may immediately fill with advantage, the vacancy which will presently happen.
Quote examples
Chuck Fleischmann
American Politician
I began to get calls from constituents, 'Do you think you can ever get on transportation?' So when there was a vacancy created, I worked very hard to get there.
Quote examples
Logan Pearsall Smith
American Writer
All my life, as down an abyss without a bottom. I have been pouring van loads of information into that vacancy of oblivion I call my mind.
Quote examples
Bill Nelson
American Politician
The Senate has a constitutional responsibility to fill vacancies on the Supreme Court, and I take that responsibility very seriously.
Quote examples
Kirsten Gillibrand
American Politician
Communities in every corner of America struggle to fill nursing vacancies to provide care for everyone who needs it.
Quote examples
Sajid Javid
British Politician
We have a workforce crisis across the NHS with around 100,000 vacancies.
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