bank holiday
noun
1
British
: legal holiday
2
: a period when banks in general are closed often by government fiat
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Memorial Day is a bank holiday, so some organizations will likely be closed.
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Julia Gomez, USA Today, 2 May 2025
In 1933, after a bank run that lasted a month, Franklin D. Roosevelt declared a national emergency and ordered a weeklong bank holiday.
—Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
While the national day of mourning is not listed as a bank holiday, organizations have started announcing they will be closed that day.
—Julia Gomez, USA TODAY, 2 Jan. 2025
That estimate is based on processing times, allowing for Presidents’ Day, which is a federal and bank holiday.
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
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Julia Gomez, USA Today, 2 May 2025
In 1933, after a bank run that lasted a month, Franklin D. Roosevelt declared a national emergency and ordered a weeklong bank holiday.
—Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
While the national day of mourning is not listed as a bank holiday, organizations have started announcing they will be closed that day.
—Julia Gomez, USA TODAY, 2 Jan. 2025
That estimate is based on processing times, allowing for Presidents’ Day, which is a federal and bank holiday.
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for bank holiday
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“Bank holiday.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bank%20holiday. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.
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