business day
noun
: a day when most businesses are open : a weekday that is not a holiday
Please allow 14 business days for delivery.
Examples of business day in a Sentence
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Records from each day are typically available by the end of the following business day.
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Aysha Bagchi, USA TODAY, 13 May 2024
Heritage also violated one of its internal policies, failing 57.4% of the time to initiate voice-to-voice contact with the policyholder within one business day of receiving a claim, regulators found.
—Lawrence Mower, Miami Herald, 10 May 2024
Now, users can auto-fill their Apple Cash card number rather than deal with transferring money to their bank, which costs a small fee when users choose the instant transfer option versus the free 1 – 3 business day alternative.
—Wes Davis, The Verge, 11 Feb. 2024
But the federal national background check system has been heavily criticized for its loopholes, including a provision that allows dealers to sell weapons while the background check is still pending after a third business day.
—Kimmy Yam, NBC News, 18 Jan. 2024
The process of blocking a phone through the Brazilian government tool is not instantaneous: ABR Telecom forwards the block request within 6 hours, and carriers might take an additional business day to implement it.
—Angelica Mari, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2024
That’s a lot of software to toggle through on a normal business day, and the trend only keeps growing with the use of more online collaboration and productivity tools by employees and more mobile apps by consumers.
—Khadim Batti, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023
While the shutdown would technically begin early Sunday morning, most of those plans wouldn't begin to be fully implemented until Monday, the next business day.
—Stefan Becket, CBS News, 28 Sep. 2023
There’s been uncertainty given bond documents didn’t specify whether the 30 days should be counted from the initial deadline of Sept. 17 which fell on a Sunday, or the effective due date of the next business day, Sept. 18.
—Bloomberg, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2023
Aysha Bagchi, USA TODAY, 13 May 2024
Heritage also violated one of its internal policies, failing 57.4% of the time to initiate voice-to-voice contact with the policyholder within one business day of receiving a claim, regulators found.
—Lawrence Mower, Miami Herald, 10 May 2024
Now, users can auto-fill their Apple Cash card number rather than deal with transferring money to their bank, which costs a small fee when users choose the instant transfer option versus the free 1 – 3 business day alternative.
—Wes Davis, The Verge, 11 Feb. 2024
But the federal national background check system has been heavily criticized for its loopholes, including a provision that allows dealers to sell weapons while the background check is still pending after a third business day.
—Kimmy Yam, NBC News, 18 Jan. 2024
The process of blocking a phone through the Brazilian government tool is not instantaneous: ABR Telecom forwards the block request within 6 hours, and carriers might take an additional business day to implement it.
—Angelica Mari, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2024
That’s a lot of software to toggle through on a normal business day, and the trend only keeps growing with the use of more online collaboration and productivity tools by employees and more mobile apps by consumers.
—Khadim Batti, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023
While the shutdown would technically begin early Sunday morning, most of those plans wouldn't begin to be fully implemented until Monday, the next business day.
—Stefan Becket, CBS News, 28 Sep. 2023
There’s been uncertainty given bond documents didn’t specify whether the 30 days should be counted from the initial deadline of Sept. 17 which fell on a Sunday, or the effective due date of the next business day, Sept. 18.
—Bloomberg, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2023
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“Business day.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/business%20day. Accessed 18 May. 2024.
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