business day

American  

[biz-nis dey] / ˈbɪz nɪs ˌdeɪ /

noun

1. a weekday when most workplaces are open; working day.

   Your application will take 10 to 15 business days to process, or two to three weeks.

   Friday is not a business day in Jordan—we work Sunday to Thursday.

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Etymology

Origin of business day

First recorded in 1790–1800

Example Sentences

The phrasing hit its zenith in the second half of 2025, with AlphaSense logging 73 documents with such sentence structure in the final quarter, or 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

Last year Zillow adopted a policy requiring that any home advertised publicly online be included on the Multiple Listing Service and thus shared across all major home-search sites within one business day.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026

Economists forecast 7.18 million job openings on the last business day of December, about 30,000 more than initially reported in November.

From Barron's • Feb. 5, 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