quarter dayn.

Brit.

/ˈkwɔːtə ˌdeɪ/, U.S.

/ˈkwɔrdər ˌdeɪ/

Forms: see quarter n. and day n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: quarter n., day n.

Etymology: < quarter n. + day n. Compare quart day n. at quart n.² Compounds 2.

Each of the four days fixed by custom as marking off the quarters of the year, on which some tenancies begin and end, the payment of rent and other quarterly charges fall due, and on which quarterly meetings were formerly often held.In England and Ireland the quarter days are traditionally Lady Day (March 25), Midsummer Day (June 24), Michaelmas (September 29), and Christmas (December 25). The name is also sometimes applied to the Scottish terms of Candlemas (February 2), Whit Sunday (May 15), Lammas (August 1), and Martinmas (November 11).

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the world > time > period > year > [noun] > specific days of the year

Candlemas1014

May Day1267

All Souls' Dayc1300

midsummer evena1400

firstc1400

Beltane1424

midsummer eve1426

quarter day1435

Beltane1456

mid-Sundaya1475

madding-day1568

Lord Mayor's day1591

Barnaby bright1595

Lammas-eve1597

All Saints' Night1607

Handsel Monday1635

distaff's day1648

long Barnabya1657

St. Valentine's eve1671

leet-day1690

All Fools' Day1702

Boxing Day1743

April Fool's Day1748

Royal Oak Day1759

box day1765

Oak-apple Day1802

All Souls' Eve1805

mischief night1830

Shick-shack Day1847

chalk-back day1851

call night1864

Nut-Monday1867

Arbor Day1872

April Fool's1873

Labour Day1884

Martinmas Sunday1885

call day1886

Samhain1888

Juneteenth1890

Mother's Day1890

Father's Day1908

Thinking Day1927

Punkie night1931

Tweede Nuwejaar1947

1435 in J. F. South & D. Power Memorials Craft of Surg. (1886) App. 310 Of the Quarter daies..it is ordeined..that al the craft come togidere oonys a quarter of dutee.

a1483 in J. T. Smith & L. T. Smith Eng. Gilds (1870) 315 Ther shall be iiij quarter dayys that euery Brother..shall assemble at oure comen hall.

1596 Raigne of Edward III sig. E4 What is it quarter daie that you remoue, And carrie bag and baggage too?

a1612 J. Haryngton in Nugæ Antiquæ (1775) II. 88 All which sommes shal be duly paide each quarter-day.

1660 T. Fuller Mixt Contempl. i. xxxii. 52 A Gentleman had two Tenants, whereof one..repaired to his Land-lord on the Quarter-day.

1692 J. Locke Some Considerations Lowering Interest 92 How will the Farmer be able to make up his Rent at Quarter Day?

1736 S.-Carolina Gaz. 14 Oct. 3/2 Notice is hereby given to the Members of St. George's Society, that on Saturday the 23d Instant, being Quarter Day, will be a Meeting of the said Society.

1767 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. (new ed.) II. 124 Rent..for the occupation of the land since the last quarter day.

1805 R. Southey Ballads & Metr. Tales in Poet. Wks. VI. 80 I was idle, and quarter-day came on, And I had not the rent in store.

1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge xiii. 2 The twenty-fifth of March..one of those unpleasant epochs termed quarter-days.

1891 T. Hardy Tess of the D'Urbervilles III. xlix. 165 Before the quarter-day had quite come something happened which made Tess think of far different matters.

1936 N. Streatfeild Ballet Shoes xvii. 212 The purchaser would take it over on the June quarter day of next year.

1995 P. Pullman Northern Lights (1996) iii. 34 In every part of the kingdom there were dye-works and brick-kilns, forests and atomcraft-works that paid rent to Jordan, and every Quarter-Day the Bursar and his clerks would tot it all up.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	quarter day
释义	quarter dayn. Brit. /ˈkwɔːtə ˌdeɪ/, U.S. /ˈkwɔrdər ˌdeɪ/ Forms: see quarter n. and day n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: quarter n., day n. Etymology: < quarter n. + day n. Compare quart day n. at quart n.² Compounds 2. Each of the four days fixed by custom as marking off the quarters of the year, on which some tenancies begin and end, the payment of rent and other quarterly charges fall due, and on which quarterly meetings were formerly often held.In England and Ireland the quarter days are traditionally Lady Day (March 25), Midsummer Day (June 24), Michaelmas (September 29), and Christmas (December 25). The name is also sometimes applied to the Scottish terms of Candlemas (February 2), Whit Sunday (May 15), Lammas (August 1), and Martinmas (November 11). ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > year > [noun] > specific days of the year Candlemas1014 May Day1267 All Souls' Dayc1300 midsummer evena1400 firstc1400 Beltane1424 midsummer eve1426 quarter day1435 Beltane1456 mid-Sundaya1475 madding-day1568 Lord Mayor's day1591 Barnaby bright1595 Lammas-eve1597 All Saints' Night1607 Handsel Monday1635 distaff's day1648 long Barnabya1657 St. Valentine's eve1671 leet-day1690 All Fools' Day1702 Boxing Day1743 April Fool's Day1748 Royal Oak Day1759 box day1765 Oak-apple Day1802 All Souls' Eve1805 mischief night1830 Shick-shack Day1847 chalk-back day1851 call night1864 Nut-Monday1867 Arbor Day1872 April Fool's1873 Labour Day1884 Martinmas Sunday1885 call day1886 Samhain1888 Juneteenth1890 Mother's Day1890 Father's Day1908 Thinking Day1927 Punkie night1931 Tweede Nuwejaar1947 1435 in J. F. South & D. Power Memorials Craft of Surg. (1886) App. 310 Of the Quarter daies..it is ordeined..that al the craft come togidere oonys a quarter of dutee. a1483 in J. T. Smith & L. T. Smith Eng. Gilds (1870) 315 Ther shall be iiij quarter dayys that euery Brother..shall assemble at oure comen hall. 1596 Raigne of Edward III sig. E4 What is it quarter daie that you remoue, And carrie bag and baggage too? View more context for this quotation a1612 J. Haryngton in Nugæ Antiquæ (1775) II. 88 All which sommes shal be duly paide each quarter-day. 1660 T. Fuller Mixt Contempl. i. xxxii. 52 A Gentleman had two Tenants, whereof one..repaired to his Land-lord on the Quarter-day. 1692 J. Locke Some Considerations Lowering Interest 92 How will the Farmer be able to make up his Rent at Quarter Day? 1736 S.-Carolina Gaz. 14 Oct. 3/2 Notice is hereby given to the Members of St. George's Society, that on Saturday the 23d Instant, being Quarter Day, will be a Meeting of the said Society. 1767 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. (new ed.) II. 124 Rent..for the occupation of the land since the last quarter day. 1805 R. Southey Ballads & Metr. Tales in Poet. Wks. VI. 80 I was idle, and quarter-day came on, And I had not the rent in store. 1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge xiii. 2 The twenty-fifth of March..one of those unpleasant epochs termed quarter-days. 1891 T. Hardy Tess of the D'Urbervilles III. xlix. 165 Before the quarter-day had quite come something happened which made Tess think of far different matters. 1936 N. Streatfeild Ballet Shoes xvii. 212 The purchaser would take it over on the June quarter day of next year. 1995 P. Pullman Northern Lights (1996) iii. 34 In every part of the kingdom there were dye-works and brick-kilns, forests and atomcraft-works that paid rent to Jordan, and every Quarter-Day the Bursar and his clerks would tot it all up. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1435
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