See Also: Vacate(money)
vacate(dictionary)
vacate(dictionary)

vacate (iou)



vacate verb. M17.
[Latin vacat- pa. ppl stem of vacare be empty or unoccupied: see -ATE3.]
I. verb trans.
a. Make void in law; deprive of legal authority or validity; annul, cancel. M17.
Ld Macaulay A bill vacating all grants of Crown property.
b. transf. Deprive of force or efficacy; make inoperative, meaningless, or useless. Now rare or obsolete. M17.
c. Remove or withdraw (something). rare. M18.
Make (a post or position) vacant; deprive of an occupant or holder. L17.
E. A. Freeman The throne which, when it was vacated, was filled by Hadrian.
b. Leave (an office, position, etc.) vacant by death, resignation, or retirement. M19.
Leave, cease to occupy, (a place, seat, house, etc.). L18.
P. H. Johnson A guest had vacated the room..that morning. W. Trevor Vacated his chair and sat on the piano stool. fig.: R. H. Tawney Ground..vacated by the Christian moralist is quickly occupied by theorists of another order.
II. verb intrans.
Give up an office or position; retire. E19.
Take a holiday or vacation. US. M19.
vacatable adjective L19.