quarter-day

See also: quarter day

English

Alternative forms

• quarter day

Etymology

From quarter- +‎ day.

Noun

quarter-day (plural quarter-days)

1. (British) 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).

Translations

each of four days on which rents due

• Russian: квартальный день m (kvartalʹnyj denʹ)