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Grace period
a period of a specified length following the date of an interest payment. A borrower that misses a payment, for example through technical error, is permitted to make the payment during the grace period, and the payment will then no longer count as being missed. Grace periods for loans are usually between two and five days while for bonds they are typically 30 days. Usually, there is no grace period for principal payments.
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