Workweek
noun
noun ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The range of days of the week that are normally worked. US
"Mrs. Lienemann, the French Housing Minister, sees socialist and ecological forces proposing what she calls “a new culture”—perhaps named “Ecosocialism”—that might, she believes, work for innovations like a 32-hour workweek, more democracy at the workplace, and “a greater stress on quality than quantity in everyday life.”"
- 2 hours or days of work in a calendar week wordnet
Example
More examples"The enterprises carried the five-day workweek."
Etymology
From work + week.
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