American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth
Edition - n. The middle of the day; noon. Century Dictionary and
Cyclopedia - n. noon; twelve o'clock during the day GNU
Webster's 1913 - n. the middle of the day - From Middle English
midday, from Old English middæġ ("mid-day, noon"), equivalent to
mid- + day. Cognate with Scots midday ("midday"), West Frisian
middei ("midday, noon, afternoon"), Dutch middag ("midday, noon,
afternoon"), German Mittag ("noon, midday"), Danish middag
("midday, noon, afternoon"), Swedish middag ("midday, noon,
afternoon"). (Wiktionary) “The Dow Jones industrial average fell
about 20 points in midday trading.” “The Dow rose fell 19.19, or
0.2 percent, to 11,094.61 in midday trading.” “The stock, down
12% Friday to $11.07 in midday trading after third-quarter
results missed analyst expectations, trades at less than half
its book value.” “The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 25
points, or 0.3%, to 10972 in midday trading, while the Standard
& Poor's 500-stock index ad