COB
Close of business
Example
The store's COB is at 9:00 PM every day
COB means close of business
Related Slang
| EOD | End of day |
| COP | Close of play |
| AWT | At what time |
| ETA | Estimated time of arrival |
| OT | Overtime |
| TTYAW | Talk to you after work |
| 24/7 | Twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week |
| biz | Business |
| sitrep | Situation report |
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COB stands for "close of business," which refers to the end of a business' operating hours for the day. It may be used when talking about the hours that a business is open and can take customers or the time of a deadline.
You will most likely see COB in work-related emails, and possibly in text messages. When used in emails, it is typically utilized by a superior who wants something completed by the end of the workday.
As businesses become more accessible online, COB has become less of a description of in-store business hours, and more of a description of the end of the workday for employees. COB may be interchanged with "EOD."