2a : something that secures (such as a wax seal on a document)b : a closure that must be broken to be opened and that thus reveals tamperingc (1) : a tight and perfect closure (as against the passage of gas or water) (2) : a device to prevent the passage or return of gas or air into a pipe or container.
George W. Bush took more vacation days than any other president. During his eight-year presidency, Bush did take 879 days of vacation, including 77 trips to his Texas ranch. So far, Obama has taken about 150 days off. But our founders were away even more. During his first two years in office, President John Adams was criticized for making two lengthy trips to his home in Quincy, Mass., taking him away from the capital, which was then Philadelphia, for a total of eight months.
On the last day of President Barack Obama's sixth summer holiday at Martha's Vineyard, he played the ninth and final round of his 17-day vacation â about one every other day. America's 54-year-old commander in chief has played about 247 rounds of golf, according to CNN's State of the Union broadcast. CBS News White House correspondent Mark Knoller estimates Obama has spent more than 1,100 hours on the links, which CNN says puts him on par with avid golfer President Dwight D. Eisenhower.