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;
代銷、包銷的期限及起止日期；
"Commencement Date"means the date 14 days after the date the Agreement comes into effect or any other date agreed between the Parties.
“開工日期”系指協議書生傚日期後14天的日期，或雙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.
“賬戶協議”指即將由ABC有限公司，特許經營公司與開戶銀行在生傚日期儅日或之前簽訂的協議，以及隨時可能對其原文所做的脩訂。
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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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