very terms of the lease, therefore, notification is accomplished once an appropriate writing is addressed and deposited in the mail as specified; neither receipt nor proof of receipt are required.”). Defendants argue that the phrase “five (5) days after notice” contained in section 24.1 of the lease is ambiguous, and therefore must be construed in favor of CLT and Flamer’s. Defendants assert that the phrase should be construed as “business days,” and that CLT’s 9 July 1999 payment timely cured the default within five business days. We disagree, and affirm the trial court’s entry of judgment and order of ejectment. Where the language of a contract is clear, the contract must be interpreted as written. Howard v. Oakwood Homes Corp., 134 N.C. A . App. 216, 223, 346 S.E.2d 515, 520 (1986) (<HOLDING>). Id. We noted that Webster’s Third New
holding that an undefined statutory term should be given its natural ordinary meaning holding the function of a public utility is controlling not how the term is defined holding that in the absence of a statutory definition a term should be accorded its ordinary meaning holding that when a term is not defined in a contract the presumption is that the term is to be given its ordinary meaning and significance holding that when a term is defined in the statute it need not be further alleged in the indictment