after-hours

adjective

af·​ter-hours ˌaf-tər-ˈau̇(-ə)rz How to pronounce after-hours (audio)
: engaged in or operating after a legal or conventional closing time
after-hours drinking
an after-hours club

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The company’s stock price fell more than 2% in after-hours trading in light of Nvidia’s slower-than-expected revenue forecast and potentially declining margins, noted MarketWatch. Peter Cohan, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024 Despite beating Wall Street’s expectations with its second-quarter results, the company’s shares fell during after-hours trading and into the morning due to unimpressed investors who sought higher revenue guidance. Britney Nguyen, Quartz, 13 Nov. 2024 Meanwhile, financial markets have also started to price in a Trump victory, as the dollar, Treasury yields, Bitcoin, and shares of Trump Media and Technology took off in after-hours trading. Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2024 Shares of the company rose nearly 10% in after-hours trading. Gabrielle Fonrouge, CNBC, 6 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for after-hours 

Word History

First Known Use

1892, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of after-hours was in 1892

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“After-hours.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/after-hours. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.

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