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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Occurring after closing time.
  • adjective Open after a legal or established closing time.

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  • adjective Relating to activities or operations taking place after legal closing time.

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  • adjective after closing time especially a legally established closing time

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Examples

  • Late-day trades are also made on the Instinet and the Chicago Stock Exchange, for example, so all transactions after the 4 p.m. listings for New York Stock Exchange composite trading are referred to as after-hours trading.

    Essential Guide to Business Style and Usage PAUL R. MARTIN 2002

  • Late-day trades are also made on the Instinet and the Chicago Stock Exchange, for example, so all transactions after the 4 p.m. listings for New York Stock Exchange composite trading are referred to as after-hours trading.

    Essential Guide to Business Style and Usage PAUL R. MARTIN 2002

  • Will you often or always be referred to an after-hours nursing call center?

    How To Buy & Sell just about Everything Jeff Wuorio 2003

  • Will you often or always be referred to an after-hours nursing call center?

    How To Buy & Sell just about Everything Jeff Wuorio 2003

  • Will you often or always be referred to an after-hours nursing call center?

    How To Buy & Sell just about Everything Jeff Wuorio 2003

  • On Monday, they were down 1.3% at $7.50 in after-hours trading.

    Renren Loss Narrows in First Quarter Owen Fletcher 2011

  • HKEx added that it has no plans to introduce after-hours trading in the cash market.

    Hong Kong Exchanges Seeks Input on After-Hours Trading Kate O'Keeffe 2011

  • The exchange operator is proposing to start the new after-hours session 30 minutes after the close of the regular trading session, or at 4:45 p.m. local time 0845 GMT for stock-index futures and at 5:30 p.m. for gold futures.

    Hong Kong Exchanges Seeks Input on After-Hours Trading Kate O'Keeffe 2011

  • Then later to visit his hangout, an after-hours bar called the No Name in a strip mall in University Heights where one of his buddies worked and where he sometimes tended bar.

    History of a Suicide Jill Bialosky 2011

  • It was about this time that Danny decided to open a cheat spot—an after-hours drinking and gambling club—on the east side.

    Kill the Irishman Rick Porrello 2011

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