| 词汇 | quarter-day |
| 释义 | quarter day noun[ C ] UKukus FINANCE, ACCOUNTING the first day of a quarter(= a period of three months) on which payments are made: Landlords often insist that for management purposes the term of the lease should begin on a quarter day. Examples of quarter dayquarter day On the other hand, where an existing lease refers only to a term or quarterday by name the new definition of 28th will apply. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He had never before sent it in till quarterday. From Project Gutenberg The usurer would be very well satisfied to have all the time annihilated that lies between the present moment and next quarterday. From Project Gutenberg If a man is five minutes late in the morning getting to the yard he loses a quarterday, in many cases a whole day. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There was a big sheet, and one cut off little coupons on each quarterday. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 His landlord passing by would see the garden in a blaze of colour, and promise himself to raise the bookmaker's rent next quarterday. From Project Gutenberg I'll tell you time enough--if quarterday must come. From Project Gutenberg My housekeeper sends me in her book every quarterday, with an account of what she pays. From Project Gutenberg The banks have decided that it is a convenient quarterday for them. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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