cutoff date
Last acceptable moment
A cutoff date is a deadline after which something no longer applies or is no longer accepted.
Applications received after the cutoff date won't be considered; transactions after the cutoff date appear on next month's statement.
The term emphasizes the boundary's firmness—nothing past that point counts: The cutoff date for submissions is Friday at midnight.
- deadlineTime limit for completion
- expirationEnd of validity
- thresholdPoint of beginning
- terminusFinal destination point
- limitMaximum allowed extent
no later than · final · final notice · submission · enrollment · registration · last day · midnight · calendar · countdown · beat the clock · down to the wire · closing · close of business · last-minute · extended · strict · firm
- deadlinestax deadline, application deadline, project deadline, registration deadline, filing deadline
- expiration datesexpiration, use by, sell by, best before, best by
- payrollpaycheck, gross pay, base salary, net pay, pay stub
- Cut-offdeadline, limit, threshold, cap, ceiling
- payment termspast due, late payments, payment deadline, late fee, late fees
- marital propertymarital property, marital assets, community property, separate property, joint property
temporal flexibility
cutoff dateopen-ended
Lacking fixed boundaries
extension · indefinite · ongoing · perpetual · continuous