empty, unfilled; unoccupied; not in use; lacking expression; (Law) withno tenant and empty of furniture; not claimed (e.g. an inheritance)
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Vacant Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(a.)
Unengaged with business or care; unemployed; unoccupied; disengaged; free; as, vacant hours.
Unengaged with business or care; unemployed; unoccupied; disengaged; free; as, vacant hours.
(a.)
Not filled or occupied by an incumbent, possessor, or officer; as, a vacant throne; a vacant parish.
Not filled or occupied by an incumbent, possessor, or officer; as, a vacant throne; a vacant parish.
(a.)
Empty of thought; thoughtless; not occupied with study or reflection; as, a vacant mind.
Empty of thought; thoughtless; not occupied with study or reflection; as, a vacant mind.
(a.)
Deprived of contents; not filled; empty; as, a vacant room.
Deprived of contents; not filled; empty; as, a vacant room.
(a.)
Abandoned; having no heir, possessor, claimant, or occupier; as, a vacant estate.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutAbandoned; having no heir, possessor, claimant, or occupier; as, a vacant estate.
vacant
\va"cant\ (?), a. [f., fr. l. vacans, -antis, p. pr. of vacare to be empty, to be free or unoccupied, to have leisure, also vocare; akin to vacuus empty, and probably to e. void. cf. evacuate, void, a.]
1. deprived of contents; not filled; empty; as, a vacant room. stuffs out his vacant garments with his form. being of those virtues vacant. there is no fireside, howsoe'er defended, but has one vacant chair.
2. unengaged with business or care; unemployed; unoccupied; disengaged; free; as, vacant hours. religion is the interest of all; but philosophy of those at leisure, and vacant from the affairs of the world. h. more. there was not a minute of the day which he left vacant. fell.
3. not filled or occupied by an incumbent, possessor, or officer; as, a vacant throne; a vacant parish. special dignities which vacant lie for thy best use and wearing.
4. empty of thought; thoughtless; not occupied with study or reflection; as, a vacant mind. the duke had a pleasant and vacant face. h. wotton. when on my couch i lie in vacant or in pensive mood.
5. (law) abandoned; having no heir, possessor, claimant, or occupier; as, a vacant estate.
vacant
succession (law), one that is claimed by no person, or where all the heirs are unknown, or where all the known heirs to it have renounced it.
similar words(2)
vacant lot
vacant succession
1.Void of thought or knowledge
2.not occupied by an incumbent
3.not lived in
EG:Every time I appoint someone to a vacant position, I make a hundred unhappy and one ungrateful.(LOUIS XIV)
EG:A vacant mind invites dangerous inmates, as a deserted mansion tempts wandering outcasts to enter and take up their abode in its desolate apartments.(N.HILLIARD)
EG:The hermit doesn't sleep at night, in love with the blue of the vacant moon. The cool of the breeze that rustles the trees rustles him too.
2.not occupied by an incumbent
3.not lived in
EG:Every time I appoint someone to a vacant position, I make a hundred unhappy and one ungrateful.(LOUIS XIV)
EG:A vacant mind invites dangerous inmates, as a deserted mansion tempts wandering outcasts to enter and take up their abode in its desolate apartments.(N.HILLIARD)
EG:The hermit doesn't sleep at night, in love with the blue of the vacant moon. The cool of the breeze that rustles the trees rustles him too.
Adjective
1. void of thought or knowledge; "a vacant mind"
(similar) empty
2. without an occupant or incumbent; "the throne is never vacant"
(similar) empty
Vacant Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
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. The lack of occupancy in this sense is a vacancy.
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