end of play



end of play

In business, a working day's end. Often used in the construction "by the end of play," it refers to the end of a given day's play in sports such as cricket or tennis. Primarily heard in UK. I'm under a lot of pressure to finish this report by the end of play.
See also: end, of, play

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Yisra'el-Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Aleksanderahl-ek-SAHN-der (Polish)Polish, Slovene, Albanian, Estonian, Norwegian, Danish
Tom (1)TAHM (English), TAWM (Dutch)English, Dutch
ŠTefanijashte-FAHN-ee-yah (Croatian)Slovene, Croatian
Sarita (1)-Spanish
Imaculada-Portuguese