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quarter day

n.
Any of the four days of the year regarded as the beginning of a new season or quarter, when most quarterly payments are due.
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quarter day

n
any of four days in the year when certain payments become due. In England, Wales, and Northern Ireland these are Lady Day, Midsummer's Day, Michaelmas, and Christmas. In Scotland they are Candlemas, Whit Sunday, Lammas, and Martinmas
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Noun1.quarter day - a Christian holy day; one of four specified days when certain payments are due
Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom
Christian holy day - a religious holiday for Christians
11 November, Martinmas, St Martin's Day - the feast of Saint Martin; a quarter day in Scotland
Annunciation, Annunciation Day, Lady Day, March 25 - a festival commemorating the announcement of the Incarnation by the angel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary; a quarter day in England, Wales, and Ireland
Michaelmas, Michaelmas Day, September 29 - honoring the archangel Michael; a quarter day in England, Wales, and Ireland
Candlemas, Candlemas Day, Feb 2 - feast day commemorating the presentation of Christ in the temple; a quarter day in Scotland
August 1, Lammas, Lammas Day - commemorates Saint Peter's miraculous deliverance from prison; a quarter day in Scotland; a harvest festival in England
Christmas Day, Dec 25, Xmas, Christmas - a Christian holiday celebrating the birth of Christ; a quarter day in England, Wales, and Ireland
June 24, Midsummer Day, Midsummer's Day, St John's Day - a quarter day in England, Wales, and Ireland
Pentecost, Whitsunday - seventh Sunday after Easter; commemorates the emanation of the Holy Spirit to the Apostles; a quarter day in Scotland
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What with the patrician requirements of Barnacle junior, the three young ladies, Mrs Tite Barnacle nee Stiltstalking, and himself, Mr Tite Barnacle found the intervals between quarter day and quarter day rather longer than he could have desired; a circumstance which he always attributed to the country's parsimony.
I don't remember what the occasion was, but it was something festive, a May Day or Quarter Day, or something of that sort, and they put a garland of flowers round the head of one of the cows.
His golden dream was accomplished; he did, indeed, find an unlooked-for source of wealth, for, when his paternal lands were distributed into building lots and rented out to safe tenants, instead of producing a paltry crop of cabbages they returned him an abundant crop of rent, insomuch that on quarter day it was a goodly sight to see his tenants knocking at the door from morning till night, each with a little round-bellied bag of money, a golden produce of the soil.
For example a break clause may stipulate as a condition that all rent should have been paid and the rent is payable quarterly in advance on the usual quarter days. The point to consider is whether the tenant is bound to pay the full quarter's rent or only up to the actual option date for termination.
After allowing female rats to mate, the researchers fed them a low-protein diet for the following four and a quarter days - the gap between fertilisation and implantation.
The quarterly rent payments which traditionally fall around the 25th day of March, June, September and December can represent a significant outgoing for retailers and many wellknown high-street names have entered into administration in either the run-up to or days immediately following Quarter Days over the last decade, as the pressure to meet their rental obligations has proved too much for their finances.
The Annual Lady Lectures are part of the Quarter Days cultural programme organized as part of the Rothley Parish Church Heritage Lottery Fund Project.
in Health over a quarter days taken for depression anxiety " A spokesperson for the Health and Safety Executive said: "Employers have a duty to risk assess all hazards associated with the work their staff do, which would include work-related stress and workrelated mental health conditions."They are also required to take all reasonably practicable steps to remove or reduce those risks."
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This lasts three and one quarter days. Then the tan flakes off, you sleep through the alarm, arrive at work with full skirt/knicker tuckage, and forget your packed lunch in the fridge at home so have to buy a deep-fried burger.
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