Dated and Timing

verb

• Go on a date with.
  • usage: "Tonight she is dating a former high school sweetheart"
  • synonyms: date
• Stamp with a date.
  • usage: "The package is dated November 24"
  • synonyms: date, date stamp
• Assign a date to; determine the (probable) date of.
  • usage: "Scientists often cannot date precisely archeological or prehistorical findings"
  • synonyms: date
• Date regularly; have a steady relationship with.
  • usage: "Did you know that she is seeing an older man"; "He is dating his former wife again"
  • synonyms: go steady, go out, date, see
• Provide with a dateline; mark with a date.
  • usage: "She wrote the letter on Monday but she dated it Saturday so as not to reveal that she procrastinated"
  • synonyms: date

adjective

• Marked by features of the immediate and usually discounted past. .

noun

• The time when something happens.
• The regulation of occurrence, pace, or coordination to achieve a desired effect (as in music, theater, athletics, mechanics. )

verb

• Measure the time or duration of an event or action or the person who performs an action in a certain period of time.
  • usage: "he clocked the runners"
  • synonyms: clock, time
• Assign a time for an activity or event.
  • usage: "The candidate carefully timed his appearance at the disaster scene"
  • synonyms: time
• Set the speed, duration, or execution of.
  • usage: "we time the process to manufacture our cars very precisely"
  • synonyms: time
• Regulate or set the time of.
  • usage: "time the clock"
  • synonyms: time
• Adjust so that a force is applied and an action occurs at the desired time.
  • usage: "The good player times his swing so as to hit the ball squarely"
  • synonyms: time

timing refers to the length of time one must wait to receive cash flow from an investment.