commencement date

基本解释

The duration, including the commencement date and deadline of the securities underwriting on the commission and sole agency methods;
代销、包销的期限及起止日期；
"Commencement Date"means the date 14 days after the date the Agreement comes into effect or any other date agreed between the Parties.
“开工日期”系指协议书生效日期后14天的日期，或双方同意的其他任何日期。
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"Accounts Agreement"means the Accounts Agreement to be entered into among ABC INC. , the Concessionaire and the Accounts Bank on or before the Commencement Date, as amended from time to time.
“账户协议”指即将由ABC有限公司，特许经营公司与开户银行在生效日期当日或之前签订的协议，以及随时可能对其原文所做的修订。
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At the very least, this is likely to delay the commencement of production from this mine beyond the anticipated date.
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In essence, the judge could deem a normally active asset (the business) to be a passive asset and therefore would use the trial date as the valuation date rather than the DOS (or commencement of the divorce action in New York).
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