Unengaged with business or care; unemployed; unoccupied; disengaged; free; as, vacant hours.
Not filled or occupied by an incumbent, possessor, or officer; unoccupied; as, a vacant throne; a vacant house; a vacant apartment; a vacant parish.
Abandoned; having no heir, possessor, claimant, or occupier; as, a vacant estate.
A building was considered vacant if 50 percent or more of the floorspace was not occupied by any tenant or establishment at the time of the interview. A vacant building may contain occupants who are using up to 50 percent of the floorspace. For all buildings, data were collected on whether the building had any floorspace that was vacant for three or more consecutive months and on the number of months the building was in use. (See Principal Building Activity.)
without an occupant or incumbent; "the throne is never vacant"
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.
Property that does not contain sufficient furnishings to support its intended occupancy or use.
A premise that has no contents and the normal occupants are absent.
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 homeowner policy. See: Unoccupied .
A property is vacant when the normal occupant is absent and the contents have been removed.