business day
Americannoun
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business days
plural
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of business day
First recorded in 1790–1800
Example Sentences
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Additional anecdotal evidence comes from a firm that each business day produces a list of stocks that AI rates as most likely to outperform the market over the subsequent three months.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026
Musk has said that his filing delay was inadvertent and that he submitted his disclosure on the business day after his wealth manager consulted legal counsel about potential filing requirements.
From MarketWatch ● May 4, 2026
The sentence structure hit its stride in the second half of 2025, with AlphaSense logging instances of this phrasing in company documents more than once a business day.
From Barron's ● Apr. 14, 2026
Currently, when investors buy and sell stocks, the cash and shares don’t change hands behind the scenes until the next business day in a process called “T+1 settlement.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 9, 2026
He has a list with him of the people he has to call before the business day is over: Call rental office.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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