weekend

weekend
/week"end', -end"/, n.
1. the end of a week, esp. the period of time between Friday evening and Monday morning: We spent the weekend at Virginia Beach.
2. this period as extended by one or more holidays, days off, or the like, that immediately precede or follow: We're getting a three-day weekend at Christmas.
3. any two-day period taken or given regularly as a weekly rest period from one's work: I have to work at the hospital on Saturdays and Sundays, so I take my weekends on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.
adj.
4. of, for, or on a weekend: a weekend pass; a weekend excursion.
v.i.
5. to pass the weekend, as at a place: They weekended at their country place.
[1875-80; WEEK + END1]

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