bank holiday
noun
a weekday on which banks are closed by law; legal holiday.
British.
a secular day on which banks are closed, obligations then falling due being performable on the following secular day.
Origin of bank holiday
First recorded in 1870–75
Words nearby bank holiday
bank deposit insurance,
bank discount,
bank draft,
bank examiner,
bank giro,
bank holiday,
bank indicator,
bank loan,
bank manager,
bank money,
bank night
Example sentences from the Web for bank holiday
The weather was all that could be wished, the crossing resembled a bank-holiday excursion.
British Dictionary definitions for bank holiday
bank holiday
noun
(in Britain) any of several weekdays on which banks are closed by law and which are observed as national holidays