grace period

American  

noun

grace periods plural

1. a period of time after a payment becomes due, as of a loan or life-insurance premium, before one is subject to penalties or late charges or before the loan or policy is canceled.

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Noun Inflected Forms

• grace periods
  plural

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grace period

He said experts had since said the transition from child to adult hospitals should be done more gradually with a bigger grace period, rather than an immediate move upon turning 18.

From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026

The Treasury allowed for a grace period until July 17 for transactions already authorized under the license.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026

Indian restaurant owner Manish Kumar, who has lived in Japan for three decades, has already been told his business manager visa won't be renewed, in spite of the grace period.

From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026

The sole exception could be Google, which has the option to nix its deal after a one-month grace period if SpaceX can’t hold up its end of the bargain by the end of September.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 27, 2026

But I needed time, and quiet, and a few weeks’ grace period in the States if I was to do anything of the sort.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt