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lay day definition

lay day

Commerce any of the days allowed for loading or unloading a ship without payment of extra charge

Etymology: short for delay day

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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