work lifen.
/ˈwəːk lʌɪf/, U.S. /ˈwərk ˌlaɪf/ A person's life at work or in the workplace, as distinct from domestic or personal life; (also) the period of one's life spent at work. Also in extended use. Cf. working life n. at working n. Compounds 3.
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the world > life > source or principle of life > [noun] > manner of life > specific
over-living1817
work life1850
pseudo-life1853
half-life1864
vie d'intérieur1889
anti-life1926
1850 Huddersfield Chron. 28 Dec. 4/5 To many the memory of these times jars with the work-life of the present.
1899 A. Clarke Effects of Factory Syst. vi. iii. 113 The bitter home-life or hard work-life of the children.
1909 Everybody's Mag. Mar. 376/2 A progressively shortened workday as an alternative to a progressively shortened worklife.
1946 J. W. Day Harvest Adventure vii. 112 The pond..is tenanted by tame decoy ducks, pinioned, whose work-life is to lure the wild birds down.
1977 National Observer (U.S.) 1 Jan. 1/2 Men..committed to serious and demanding work lives.
2009 J. Haynes Fair Game xix. 279 Your personal life has nothing to do with your work life.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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