deadline

Definition of Deadline in English :

1. deadline

the point in time at which something must be completed

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Deadline

noun

a time limit for any activity

noun

1. US, Obsolete

a line around a prison beyond which a prisoner could go only at the risk of being shot by a guard

2. US

a boundary which it is forbidden to cross

3. US

the latest time by which something must be done or completed

a deadline for payment, publication, etc.

n.

1. A time limit, as for payment of a debt or completion of an assignment.

2. A boundary line in a prison that prisoners can cross only at the risk of being shot.

tr.v. dead·lined, dead·lin·ing, dead·lines

To govern by setting a time limit: "He was never going to be deadlined by a day, or even a month" (New Yorker).