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grace period

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A length of time during which rules or penalties are waived or deferred.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • The fees begin to accrue after a one-month grace period.

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Across languages

Translations

24 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: فترة السماح — a length of time during which rules or penalties are waived or deferred
  • Armenian: արտոնյալ ժամկետ (artonyal žamket) — a length of time during which rules or penalties are waived or deferred
  • Bulgarian: гра́тисен перио́д (grátisen periód) — a length of time during which rules or penalties are waived or deferred
  • Catalan: període de gràcia — a length of time during which rules or penalties are waived or deferred
  • Chinese Mandarin: 寬限期 /宽限期 — a length of time during which rules or penalties are waived or deferred
  • Finnish: vapaajakso — a length of time during which rules or penalties are waived or deferred
  • Finnish: armonaika — a length of time during which rules or penalties are waived or deferred
  • French: délai de grâce — a length of time during which rules or penalties are waived or deferred
  • German: Schonfrist — a length of time during which rules or penalties are waived or deferred
  • Hungarian: türelmi idő — a length of time during which rules or penalties are waived or deferred
  • Indonesian: masa leluasa — a length of time during which rules or penalties are waived or deferred
  • Indonesian: masa tenggang — a length of time during which rules or penalties are waived or deferred
  • Italian: periodo di grazia — a length of time during which rules or penalties are waived or deferred
  • Malay: tarikh luput — a length of time during which rules or penalties are waived or deferred
  • Polish: karencja — a length of time during which rules or penalties are waived or deferred
  • Portuguese: carência — a length of time during which rules or penalties are waived or deferred
  • Romanian: perioadă de grație — a length of time during which rules or penalties are waived or deferred
  • Russian: грейс пери́од (grejs períod) — a length of time during which rules or penalties are waived or deferred
  • Serbo-Croatian: grejs period — a length of time during which rules or penalties are waived or deferred
  • Spanish: periodo / período “de gracia” / agraciado — a length of time during which rules or penalties are waived or deferred
  • Swedish: nådetid — a length of time during which rules or penalties are waived or deferred
  • Turkish: mühlet — a length of time during which rules or penalties are waived or deferred
  • Turkish: önel — a length of time during which rules or penalties are waived or deferred
  • Turkish: mehil — a length of time during which rules or penalties are waived or deferred