In plain English
A contract may count time by business-operating days rather than by every calendar day. In that case, the count uses days when ordinary business is normally carried on, with weekends and public holidays usually left out. Those are the days used to measure the stated period or deadline.
In context
Here, "working days" indicates that the timing rule is measured by counting only days when ordinary business is normally done, usually excluding weekends and public holidays.
- Situation
- Tracking obligations, deliverables, milestones, notices, and deadlines
- What it communicates
- specifies a working-day basis for the timing rule.
Meaning limits
The term by itself does not establish which exact calendar days count in a particular case, because that can vary.
Examples
“The contract gave her seven working days to respond, so the public holiday was left out of the count.”
“The refund must be sent within five working days of receipt of the form.”