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bank holiday

 
noun [C] UK

Translation

› an official holiday when all banks and most shops and offices are closed
resmi tatil günü
Spring bank holiday2081415
(Definition of bank holiday noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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