Workday

adj, noun

adj, noun ·2 syllables ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Any of the days of a week on which work is done; any day in a workweek. The five workdays in many countries are usually Monday to Friday (and are defined as such in official and legal usage even though many people work on weekends). US

    "It will take five workdays to process your application."

  2. 2
    the amount of time that a worker must work for an agreed daily wage wordnet
  3. 3
    That part of a day in which work is done. US

    "My workday is 8 hours."

  4. 4
    a day on which work is done wordnet
Adjective
  1. 1
    Alternative form of workaday. alt-of, alternative

Synonyms

All synonyms
working day9 to 59 to 5atticbreadwinningbusiness day

Example

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"The fire and power outage resulted in a shortened workday at some exchanges in Manhattan's financial district."

Etymology

From Middle English werkdai, werkedei, werkedai, from Old English weorcdæġ (“workday”), equivalent to work + day. Cognate with West Frisian wurkdei (“workday”), Dutch werkdag (“workday”), German Low German Warkdag (“workday”), German Werktag (“workday”). See also workaday.

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