🪑 An open position ⬜ An empty area

vacancy

67 3.0

An empty job or room that someone can take

noun
/ˈveɪkənsi/

: vacante

Professional publications such as the AER Job Exchange list numerous vacancies, and new graduates are finding immediate employment.
fill vacancies
job vacancies
create vacancies

So you're seeing a trend, rents down, vacancies up.

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Examples

Any vacancies?

Lethal Weapon 2 (1989)
We've recently had a few vacancies, so you can quietly stay here until the morning.

Playing with Fire (2019)
In a town with a 2% vacancy rate, a real estate agent is God.

You Kill Me (2007)
I believe you have a vacancy?

Mardi Gras: Spring Break (2011)
I thought maybe we could train him up seeing as we have a vacancy.

Twist (2021)
Sir, there are over a dozen vacancies in Chicago.

J. Edgar (2011)
I was wondering if there were any vacancies.

Howards End (1992)
We've had a vacancy for three weeks.

The Contender (2000)
You might have heard that there's a vacancy on the Supreme Court.
The hotel has a vacancy for this weekend, so we can book a room.

Synonyms

opening

vsvacancy

113 2.4

A job that is available for someone to take

is the general state of being available rather than a specific job or role

vacantness

vsvacancy

6.0

A place or space with nothing in it and no activity

is used for being available for filling positions or roles rather than mere emptiness

Antonyms

fullness

10 2.7

A state in which something has as much inside as it can hold

occupancy

4 4.6

Living in or using a building

Compounds

vacancy rate

Specialized

5 4.6

The percentage of rooms or apartments that are empty

How Occupied

vacancy

67 3.0

emptiness

32 3.6

Surface Forms

vacancy singular

vacancies plural

Morphology

vacancy = vacant (transparent) = vacant + cy

The noun clearly denotes the state or condition of being vacant, formed by adding an abstract-noun suffix to the adjective.

Etymology

Vacancy comes from the Latin word vacare, which means 'to be empty'. It shares the same root as vacant and vacuum, so a vacancy is an empty room or job that is available to be filled.