business day
noun
: a day when most businesses are open : a weekday that is not a holiday
Please allow 14 business days for delivery.
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If the first day of a month falls on a nonbusiness day or a holiday, benefits will be paid on the last business day of the month before.
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Ross Rosenfeld, Newsweek, 26 Feb. 2025
There are 119,000 visitors to these brick-and-mortar facilities every business day.
—Eli Hager, ProPublica, 22 Feb. 2025
Berry said his termination letter was emailed to him close to 5 o'clock Thursday and was effective at the end of that business day, but his office closes at 4:30 and he was already gone for the day.
—Phillip M. Bailey, USA TODAY, 17 Feb. 2025
The Trump coin was announced on Friday, the final business day before the resignation of Gary Gensler, the outgoing chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission and an enemy of the crypto industry.
—Lex Harvey, Auzinea Bacon and Matt Egan, CNN, 20 Jan. 2025
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Ross Rosenfeld, Newsweek, 26 Feb. 2025
There are 119,000 visitors to these brick-and-mortar facilities every business day.
—Eli Hager, ProPublica, 22 Feb. 2025
Berry said his termination letter was emailed to him close to 5 o'clock Thursday and was effective at the end of that business day, but his office closes at 4:30 and he was already gone for the day.
—Phillip M. Bailey, USA TODAY, 17 Feb. 2025
The Trump coin was announced on Friday, the final business day before the resignation of Gary Gensler, the outgoing chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission and an enemy of the crypto industry.
—Lex Harvey, Auzinea Bacon and Matt Egan, CNN, 20 Jan. 2025
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“Business day.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/business%20day. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.
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