term day

American  

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of term day

Middle English word dating back to 1250–1300

Example Sentences

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 Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" by Various

And driving to Ocock's office, on term day, he resolved to go on afterwards to the Bank of Australasia and there deposit this sum.

From Australia Felix by Richardson, Henry Handel

The term "day" is of itself very indefinite, being used in the Scriptures to designate periods of different length.

From The Last Reformation by Smith, F. G. (Frederick George)

Why should we try to measure this term day, in its first occurrences, by a chronometer which did not come into use until the fourth day?

From The Christian Foundation, Or, Scientific and Religious Journal, February, 1880 by Walker, Aaron

The term "day" is used to cover the hours of active, waking life, from breakfast to bedtime.

From The Alleged Haunting of B—— House by Goodrich-Freer, A.