grace period

[grace period] or [period of grace] {n.}

The time or extra time allowed in which to do something.

* /Most insurance companies have a grace period of one month for payments./

* /The teacher gave the class a week's period of grace to finish workbooks./

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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