"flag day" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: flag days [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} flag day (plural flag days)
  1. (Britain, Ireland) A day on which a registered charity raises money, usually by selling small lapel flags. Tags: Britain, Ireland
    Sense id: en-flag_day-en-noun-43XY67XY Categories (other): British English, Irish English
  2. (Hong Kong) A day on which a registered charity raises money, usually by selling small stickers. Tags: Hong-Kong
    Sense id: en-flag_day-en-noun-2PqGXHOb Categories (other): Hong Kong English
  3. (software) A day designated for changing to an incompatible system. Categories (topical): Software Related terms: New Hacker's Dictionary entry for Flag Day
    Sense id: en-flag_day-en-noun-rvE8DEd0 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences, software
  4. (software) A change which is neither forward nor backward compatible. Categories (topical): Software
    Sense id: en-flag_day-en-noun-fnxCTR48 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences, software
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (money raising day): keräyspäivä (Finnish)
Disambiguation of 'money raising day': 33 32 29 6

Inflected forms

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