See Also: cooling-off period(dictionary)
Cooling off period(finance)
Cooling-off period(money)
Time period principle or accounting period assumption(finance)
cooling(dictionary)
Cooling Off Rule(law)
cooling system(dictionary)
cooling tower(dictionary)
cooling system(encyclopedia)
T-period holding-period return(finance)

hitherto (iou) and cooling-off period (oh)


hitherto (iou)



hitherto adverb & adjective. ME.
[from HITHER adverb + TO preposition.]
A. adverb.
Up to this time, until now, as yet. ME.
Hobbes Except the vulgar be better taught than they have hetherto been. S. Morley Evening sing-songs produced some hitherto hidden talents. Sunday (Calcutta) The minimum time between..issues would now be 24 months against 36 months hitherto.
Up to this point (in space, a discourse, Writing, etc.); thus far. arch. ME.
S. Johnson Hitherto shall ye come and no further.
To this end or purpose; to this class or subject. E-M17.
b. adjective. Existing at or until this time. rare. L18.

cooling-off period (oh)



n [C]
BrE a period of time after you have signed some types of Sales agreement, when you can change your mind about buying something
::Customers signing new life policies will have a cooling-off period of 14 days in which to cancel.
a period of time when two people or groups who are arguing about something can go away and think about how to improve the situation