term day

noun

1. a fixed or appointed day, as for the payment of money due; a quarter day.

Word History and Origins

Origin of term day¹

Middle English word dating back to 1250–1300

Example Sentences

New York Attorney General Letitia James, whose state was one of those asking the Supreme Court to take immediate action, said “we are still urging the court to hear arguments next term. Day after day, President Trump makes false statements, sends misleading tweets, and spouts outright lies about Obamacare and the many protections the law has provided to millions across the country.”

From Washington Post

“No Third Term Day” featured “more than 1,100 decorated automobiles parading from city to city, hundreds of volunteers distributing literature, buttons and stickers, speakers addressing mass meetings and a number of novel demonstrations,” according to a Times report published the next day.

From Los Angeles Times

I’m surprised by what he dislikes: my use of the term “day trading” as it pertains to the way he invested and lost his money; the word “rage” as it pertains to his anger.

From Salon

“Joke,” was the term Day used to describe conditions at that point.

From The Guardian

Hock-Tuesday was an important term day, rents being then payable, for with Michaelmas it divided the rural year into its winter and summer halves.

From Project Gutenberg