vacancy
US /ˈveɪkənsi/
Definition
being unoccupied
Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.
Examples
The marketing department announced an immediate job vacancy for an experienced digital copywriter.
Word Family
Synonyms
- openingan open or empty space in or between things
- available positionhaving a meaning similar to vacancy
Collocations
- Easy hotel vacancydescribing hotel vacancy (a building where travelers can pay for lodging and meals and other services)
- Medium fill a job vacancy in accountingto fill a job vacancy in accounting, meaning to make full, also in a metaphorical sense
- Hard persistent commercial office vacancy ratesdescribing persistent commercial office vacancy rates (never-ceasing)
- Very Hard judicial vacancy sparks cutthroat political warsdescribing judicial vacancy sparks cutthroat political wars (decreed by or proceeding from a court of justice)
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