Deadline

Noun

 * 1) A date on or before which something must be completed.
 * I must make this deadline or my boss will kill me!
 * 1)  A guideline marked on a plate for a printing press.
 * 2)  A line which doesn't move.
 * 3)  A boundary around a prison.

Thesaurus
A-day, D day, H hour, border line, bound, boundary, boundary condition, boundary line, bourn, break boundary, breakoff point, ceiling, charged moment, circumscription, compass, confine, critical moment, crucial moment, cutoff, cutoff point, decisive moment, delimitation, determinant, division line, eleventh hour, end, extremity, finish, floor, frontier, hedge, high-water mark, interface, kairos, kairotic moment, limen, limit, limitation, limiting factor, line, line of demarcation, low-water mark, lower limit, march, mark, mete, moment of truth, nick of time, pregnant moment, psychological moment, start, starting line, starting point, target date, term, terminal date, terminus, threshold, time allotment, upper limit, zero hour

Etymology
The context of a due date originated in journalism, probably from an earlier usage in printing, representing a guideline marked on a plate for a printing press (inside which all content should appear). According to the Oxford English Dictionary, early usage refers simply to lines that do not move, such as one used in angling; slightly later American usage includes a boundary around a prison which prisoners must not cross.

Translations

 * Croatian: ,
 * Czech: ,
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French: date butoire, date limite
 * German: Stichtag,


 * Hungarian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: крайний срок (krájnij srok)
 * Scottish Gaelic: ceann-ama
 * Spanish: fecha límite
 * Swedish: tidsfrist

Noun

 * 1)  A deadline.