The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word VACATION
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result VACATION
- See combat without a break
- Work? Love to go for a holiday
- Time off for what is charged by museum
- Animal and I getting round in vehicle for holiday
- Leave via Acton, unusually
- Leave Virginia – questionable action
- Against American involvement in fighting — leave
- Leave shortly, heading for India on holiday
- Charlie, at ten, found in vehicle, getting time off
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The straight part
We know that "holiday" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case holiday = vacation.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does VACATION mean?
VACATION noun- Freedom from some business or activity.
- Free time given over to a specific purpose; occupation, activity.
- A period during which official activity or business is formally suspended; an official holiday from university, law courts etc.
- A holiday; a stretch of leisure time away from work or duty and devoted to rest or pleasure.
- The act of vacating something; moving out.
- The act of making legally void.
- To spend or take a vacation.