bank holiday
A weekday, often a Monday, on which most businesses are closed, and granted to workers…A weekday, often a Monday, on which most businesses are closed, and granted to workers as a national holiday.
» Next Tuesday is a bank holiday.
Der nächste Dienstag ist ein gesetzlicher Feiertag.
Meaning
2 senses(Ireland, UK)A weekday, often a Monday, on which most businesses are closed, and granted to workers as a national holiday.
On a bank holiday weekend.
Feiertag
(euphemistic)A closure of banks in a jurisdiction to curtail or prevent a bank run.
- any of several weekdays when banks are closed; a legal holiday in Britain
Examples
6 sentencesNext Tuesday is a bank holiday.
deDer nächste Dienstag ist ein gesetzlicher Feiertag. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
It's a bank holiday here today.
deBei uns ist heute Feiertag. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Monday is a bank holiday.
Next Thursday is a bank holiday, so the Friday is a "bridge day", because it's in between two days off.
deDer nächste Donnerstag ist ein Feiertag und der Freitag ein Brückentag. — maaster
Today's a bank holiday! That's why all shops are closed.
Translations
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Origin
Historically, a holiday, other than a public holiday, observed by the Bank of England.Historically, a holiday, other than a public holiday, observed by the Bank of England.
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