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GRACE PERIOD
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A period of time past the deadline for fulfilling an obligation during which a penalty that would be imposed for being late is waived, especially an extended period granted as a special favor
Example:
The payment had originally been due on April 1 but we had a grace period which expired in June.
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("grace period" is a kind of...):
period; period of time; time period (an amount of time)
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