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How to pronounce vacancy in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms emptiness, vacuum, void
Type of space
Derivation vacant
Type Words
Type of emptiness
Derivation vacant

Examples of vacancy

vacancy
The overall industrial vacancy rate remains 14%, two points higher than in 2009.
From the forbes.com
The chamber had an entry-level administration vacancy and Smith put up her hand.
From the nzherald.co.nz
When a vacancy occurs, the commission picks three candidates in a secret ballot.
From the kansas.com
A weak holiday shopping season could boost vacancy rates and undermine earnings.
From the online.wsj.com
Democratic officials said Obama would also name Tarullo to fill the Fed vacancy.
From the foxbusiness.com
The vacancy rate for the corrections officers was just under 9 percent, he said.
From the inrich.com
In the House, Democrats have 235 seats to 199 for Republicans, with one vacancy.
From the thestate.com
Columbus schools soon will be filling another vacancy on the seven-member board.
From the dispatchpolitics.com
There is one vacancy in the city now, after Judge Evelyn Baker retired in March.
From the stltoday.com
More examples
  • Being unoccupied
  • Void: an empty area or space; "the huge desert voids"; "the emptiness of outer space"; "without their support he'll be ruling in a vacuum"
  • (vacant) void of thought or knowledge; "a vacant mind"
  • (vacant) without an occupant or incumbent; "the throne is never vacant"
  • In crystallography, a vacancy is a type of point defect in a crystal. Crystals inherently possess imperfections, sometimes referred to as crystalline defects. A defect in which an atom is missing from one of the lattice sites is known as a 'vacancy' defect. It is also known as a Schottky defect, although in ionic crystals the concepts are not identical.
  • A job is a regular thing performed to create a value in society (and personality of individual) for meeting the needs of that individual. A person usually begins a job by becoming an employee, volunteering, or starting a business. ...
  • Vacancy is an EP by Joseph Arthur released on May 11, 1999. Released by the independent label Undercover out of Portland, Oregon, Vacancy is a hand packaged, limited edition that was assembled one at a time by two people at Undercover. ...
  • Vacancy is a 2007 American horror film directed by Nimru00F3d Antal and starring Kate Beckinsale and Luke Wilson. It was released April 20, 2007, by the distributor Screen Gems. Early in the film's development, it was thought Sarah Jessica Parker would star; but, in September 2006, The Hollywood Reporter announced Kate Beckinsale had been signed instead.
  • (Vacant) Occupancy in building construction and building codes is the use or intended use of a building or part thereof for the shelter or support of persons, animals or property. A closely-related meaning is the number of units in such a building that are rented or leased, or otherwise in-use. ...