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quarter day
Noun
quarter-day
- UK Each of the four days customarily regarded as starting a new quarter year, on which rents etc are often due.
#:*1908, It is late in March, so quarter-day is at hand. � Arthur Conan Doyle, �The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge� (Norton 2005, p. 1239)
Usage notes
in England: Lady Day (25 March), Midsummer Day (24 June), Michaelmas (29 September), Christmas Day (25 December).
in Scotland: Candlemas (2 February), Whitsun (15 May), Lammas (1 August), Martinmas (11 November).
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