estimated time of departure , ETD (abbreviation) , E.T.D. (abbreviation)

Everybody I know at the company has an estimated time of departure and they're all within five years.

Can you give us an estimated time of departure?"

It has nothing to do with estimated times of departure or on-time arrivals.

Estimated time of departure is this summer.

"What is your estimated time of departure?"

Our estimated time of departure: three hours," answered the Praetor, dismissing them with a negligent flick of his hand.

Also, in Canada, flight plans are opened automatically at the estimated time of departure (ETD).

"Morris," he said with a nod, "send that as an estimated time of departure to AP34T, the Admiralty.

In this respect, the phrase or its abbreviation is often paired with its complement, "estimated time of departure" or "ETD", to indicate the expected start time of a particular journey.

There is a post-modern originality to the eclectic five pieces by Mr. Wilson and in Rhetta Aleong's dialogue and movement piece "E.T.D. (Estimated Time of Departure)."

She finished painting on the thick black paint along my bottom lashes and vanished as quickly as she'd arrived; I grabbed my bag (alligator Gucci bowling bag) and headed to the lobby fifteen minutes before our estimated time of departure so I could double-check that the driver was ready.