Email & Comms Jargon · Associate level

"EOB"

"EOB" stands for end of business, meaning the close of the standard workday, typically 5 p.m. in the recipient's time zone.

Say this instead: end of day

How "EOB" shows up at work

Functionally identical to COB and EOD, distinguished mainly by which acronym the sender learned first. The ambiguity about whose time zone applies is a known feature, not a bug.

Buzzword

Please send the final numbers to the client by EOB today.

Plain English

Please send the final numbers to the client by end of day today.

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