A building with nothing in it While an "unoccupied" building is defined by not having people in it, a "vacant" building is also devoid of furnishings and other items Vacancy beyond a specified period of time is prohibited by the standard homeowners insurance quotes policy See: Unoccupied
A term used in Property Insurance to describe a building that has nothing in it This goes one step beyond the description of unoccupied The Standard Fire policy prohibits vacancy beyond a specified period of time Contrast with Unoccupied
lacking furnishings and people; empty building which contains little to nothing that would lend itself to sustained operation of a business Not simply temporarily "unoccupied" (absence of people, perhaps for an extended period of time) See vacancy endorsement
A vacant look or expression is one that suggests that someone does not understand something or that they are not thinking about anything in particular. She had a kind of vacant look on her face. = blank + vacantly va·cant·ly He looked vacantly out of the window
If a job or position is vacant, no one is doing it or in it at present, and people can apply for it. The post of chairman has been vacant for some time
Property A term used in Property Insurance to describe a building that has nothing in it This goes one step beyond the description of unoccupied The Standard Fire policy prohibits vacancy beyond a specified period of time Contrast with Unoccupied
[ 'vA-k&nt ] (adjective.) 14th century. Middle English, from Old French, from Latin vacant-, vacans, present participle of vacare to be empty, be free.