deadline

The definition of a deadline is when something is due, or the latest time by which something must be completed.

(noun)

If you have to have a report in by 5 PM or it is considered late, 5 PM is an example of a deadline.

See deadline in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

☆ Historical a line around a prison beyond which a prisoner could go only at the risk of being shot by a guard
☆ a boundary which it is forbidden to cross
☆ the latest time by which something must be done or completed: a deadline for payment, publication, etc.

See deadline in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A time limit, as for payment of a debt or completion of an assignment.
A boundary line in a prison that prisoners can cross only at the risk of being shot.

transitive verb dead·lined, dead·lin·ing, dead·lines

To govern by setting a time limit: “He was never going to be deadlined by a day, or even a month” (New Yorker).

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