prox
prox — abbreviation
1. a short written form used after a numbered day in old formal letters to show tha
a short written form used after a numbered day in old formal letters to show that the date falls in the next month
Please pay the balance by the fifteenth prox., as agreed.
date + prox. in formal payment writing
The clerk marked the order for delivery on the third prox.
on the third prox. after a day number
Our reply, dated the ninth prox., will include the full list.
The old invoice says rent becomes due on the first prox.
In her letter, the buyer promised payment before the seventh prox.
- next month
the clear modern phrase used in ordinary writing and speech
- following month
a fuller formal phrase without the old date abbreviation
文法句型
the fifth prox.
dated the ninth prox.
due on the first prox.
用法筆記
Used in old-fashioned formal correspondence after a day number to mean 'of next month'. Modern English usually replaces it with 'next month' or a full calendar date.