holiday

1. (chiefly UK, Australia) A period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel; often plural.Examples: "How much holiday are you allowed?"; "No matter how early I came down, I would find him on the veranda, smoking cigarettes, or[…]. And at last I began to realize in my harassed soul that all elusion was futile, and to take such holidays as I could get, when he was off with a girl, in a spirit of thankfulness."; "Climb aboard a butterfly and take off in the breeze. Let your worries flutter by and do the things you please. In the land where dollar bills are falling off the trees. On a dreamer’s holiday.[…]Make it a long vacation. Time, there is plenty of. You need no reservation. Just bring along the one you love."Synonyms: leave, time off, vacation, annual leave, break, day off, getaway, holidayAustraliaUK

2. (chiefly UK, Australia) A period during which pupils do not attend their school; often plural; rarely used for students at university (usually: vacation).Examples: "I want to take a French course this summer holiday."Synonyms: vacationAustraliaUK

3. (finance) A period during which, by agreement, the usual payments are not made.Examples: "a mortgage payment holiday"