quarter-day

  • 11quarter day — / kwɔ:tə deɪ/ noun a day at the end of a quarter, when rents, fees etc. should be paid COMMENT: In England, the quarter days are 25th March (Lady Day), 24th June (Midsummer Day), 29th September (Michaelmas Day) and 25th December (Christmas Day) …

    Dictionary of banking and finance

  • 12quarter day — noun Date: 15th century chiefly British the day which begins a quarter of the year and on which a quarterly payment often falls due …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 13quarter day — 1. (in England, Ireland, and Wales) one of the four days, Lady Day, Midsummer Day, Michaelmas, or Christmas, regarded as marking off the quarters of the year, on which quarterly payments are due, tenancies begin and end, etc. 2. (in Scotland) one …

    Universalium

  • 14Quarter Day — The four days of the year on which it was customary to pay rents or settle debts. They were Lady Day, 25 March; Midsummer Day, 24 June; Michaelmas, 29 September; Christmas, 25 December …

    Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases

  • 15quarter day — noun Each of the four days customarily regarded as starting a new quarter year …

    Wiktionary

  • 16quarter-day — The four days in the year upon which, by law or custom, moneys payable in quarter yearly installments are collectible (payable) …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 17quarter day — Christian holy day; (British) one of four days in a year on which quarterly payment is due …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 18quarter day — noun (C) BrE a day which officially begins a three month period of the year, and on which payments are made, for example at the stock exchange …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 19quarter-day — /ˈkwɔtə deɪ/ (say kwawtuh day) noun one of the four days, regarded as marking off the quarters of the year, on which tenancies begin and end, quarterly payments fall due, etc …

  • 20quarter day — when rents and other payments fell due …

    Scottish slang