pre-holiday

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Definitions of pre-holiday word

noun pre-holiday a day fixed by law or custom on which ordinary business is suspended in commemoration of some event or in honor of some person. 1
noun pre-holiday any day of exemption from work (distinguished from working day). 1
noun pre-holiday a time or period of exemption from any requirement, duty, assessment, etc.: New businesses may be granted a one-year tax holiday. 1
noun pre-holiday a religious feast day; holy day, especially any of several usually commemorative holy days observed in Judaism. 1
noun pre-holiday Sometimes, holidays. Chiefly British. a period of cessation from work or one of recreation; vacation. 1
noun pre-holiday an unintentional gap left on a plated, coated, or painted surface. 1

before 950

One of the 4% oldest English words

before 950; Middle English; Old English hāligdæg. See holy, day

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A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 94% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".