business day vs working day

Both 'business day' and 'working day' are correct phrases used in English. They are interchangeable and refer to a day when businesses are open and operational. The choice between the two depends on personal preference or regional usage.

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business day

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English to refer to a day when businesses are open and operational.

This phrase is used to indicate a day when business activities take place, such as transactions, meetings, and operations.

Examples:

Please note that our office is closed on weekends and public holidays, so your order will be processed on the next business day.
The package will be delivered within three business days.

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In calculating capital requirements using internal models, credit institutions shall use the previous business day's model output.
The Settlement Committee shall be convened by the surveillance authority for only one business day, 24 hours after the vessel arrives in port.
You have till end of business day.
Transfer of $86 million to this Latin Star account by end of business day today.
These periods may be extended by a further business day for paper-initiated payment transactions.
E. OPERATING DAYS The ECB may decide to conduct fine-tuning bilateral operations on any Eurosystem business day.
The ECB may decide to conduct fine-tuning bilateral operations on any Eurosystem business day.
Operating days The ECB may decide to conduct fine-tuning bilateral operations on any Eurosystem business day.
The ECB may decide to conduct fine-tuning operations on any Eurosystem business day.
The ECB may decide to conduct fine-tuning bilateral operations on any Eurosystem business day.
[Insert if applicable: At the beginning and end of a business day, there shall be a zero balance on the PM accounts.
First Eurosystem business day after quarter-end by 4 p.m.
The NCBs are responsible for transmitting to the ECB (via the ENSD application) a completely checked balance sheet for the preceding Eurosystem business day.
The NCBs are responsible for transmitting to the ECB (via the ENSD application) a completely checked balance sheet for the preceding business day.
The deadline for requesting access to the deposit facility is postponed by an additional 15 minutes on the last Eurosystem business day of a reserve maintenance period ( ).
The ECB may change the interest rate at any time, with effect not earlier than the following Eurosystem business day.
The ECB may change the interest rate at any time, with effect not earlier than the following Eurosystem business day(17).
[Insert if applicable: At the beginning of the next business day such balance shall be retransferred to the participant's PM account].
If a limit is changed to zero, it shall not be possible to change it again on the same business day.
The setting of a new bilateral or multilateral limit shall only be effective from the next business day.

Alternatives:

working day
weekday
office day
corporate day
commercial day

working day