business day
noun
: a day when most businesses are open : a weekday that is not a holiday
Please allow 14 business days for delivery.
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Drinks must be sold at one price for a full business day, according to the commission's website.
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Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Judge Terry Slusher had denied both of them, the second for being filed only one business day before the hearing.
—Mario Ariza, ProPublica, 15 Sep. 2025
As for shipping, products shipped from StockX are part of Walmart’s Xpress Ship program, which sends orders out within one business day.
—Katie Decker-Jacoby, StyleCaster, 10 Sep. 2025
Full 2025 Social Security payment calendar SSI payment schedule for August, rest of 2025 and into 2026
Recipients of Supplemental Security Income checks should have received payments on the first business day of the month, which was Friday, Aug. 1.
—Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2025
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Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Judge Terry Slusher had denied both of them, the second for being filed only one business day before the hearing.
—Mario Ariza, ProPublica, 15 Sep. 2025
As for shipping, products shipped from StockX are part of Walmart’s Xpress Ship program, which sends orders out within one business day.
—Katie Decker-Jacoby, StyleCaster, 10 Sep. 2025
Full 2025 Social Security payment calendar SSI payment schedule for August, rest of 2025 and into 2026
Recipients of Supplemental Security Income checks should have received payments on the first business day of the month, which was Friday, Aug. 1.
—Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2025
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“Business day.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/business%20day. Accessed 23 Sep. 2025.
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