working day

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noun

the amount of time that a worker must work for an agreed daily wage.

a day ordinarily given to working (distinguished from holiday).

the daily period of hours for working.

Origin of working day

First recorded in 1525–35

Words nearby working day

working asset, working bee, working capital, working-capital fund, working class, working day, working dog, working drawing, Working Families Tax Credit, working fluid, working girl

Definition for working day (2 of 2)

working-day

[ wur-king-dey ]

/ ˈwɜr kɪŋˌdeɪ /

adjective

workaday; everyday.

Origin of working-day

First recorded in 1470–80

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Example sentences from the Web for working day

You hit the snooze button, and eventually crawl out of bed to the start of yet another working day.
The Global Work Crisis: Automation, the Case Against Jobs, and What to Do About It|Peter Xing|August 6, 2020|Singularity Hub
She breathed with difficulty in the atmosphere of this 'working-day world,' and withdrew from it as much as possible.
Visits and Sketches at Home and Abroad with Tales and Miscellanies Now First Collected|Anna Jameson
I was quite excited about it myself, and could hardly wait for tomorrow's working-day to begin again.
Wanderers|Knut Hamsun
Making it a working-day, and thus preventing attendance at church.
An Explanation of Luther's Small Catechism|Joseph Stump

During eighteen months—until the autumn of 1864, Ivan's working-day averaged fourteen hours.
The Genius|Margaret Horton Potter
However, even here the chances are two to one, or somewhat more, in favour of the day of your arrival being a working-day.
Rome in 1860|Edward Dicey

British Dictionary definitions for working day

working day

esp US workday

noun

a day on which work is done, esp for an agreed or stipulated number of hours in return for a salary or wage

the part of the day allocated to worka seven-hour working day

(often plural) commerce any day of the week except Sunday, public holidays, and, in some cases, Saturday

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

单词	working day
释义	working day SEE SYNONYMS FOR working day ON THESAURUS.COM noun the amount of time that a worker must work for an agreed daily wage. a day ordinarily given to working (distinguished from holiday). the daily period of hours for working. Origin of working day First recorded in 1525–35 Words nearby working day working asset, working bee, working capital, working-capital fund, working class, working day, working dog, working drawing, Working Families Tax Credit, working fluid, working girl Definition for working day (2 of 2) working-day [ wur-king-dey ] / ˈwɜr kɪŋˌdeɪ / adjective workaday; everyday. Origin of working-day First recorded in 1470–80 Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for working day You hit the snooze button, and eventually crawl out of bed to the start of yet another working day. The Global Work Crisis: Automation, the Case Against Jobs, and What to Do About It\|Peter Xing\|August 6, 2020\|Singularity Hub She breathed with difficulty in the atmosphere of this 'working-day world,' and withdrew from it as much as possible. Visits and Sketches at Home and Abroad with Tales and Miscellanies Now First Collected\|Anna Jameson I was quite excited about it myself, and could hardly wait for tomorrow's working-day to begin again. Wanderers\|Knut Hamsun Making it a working-day, and thus preventing attendance at church. An Explanation of Luther's Small Catechism\|Joseph Stump During eighteen months—until the autumn of 1864, Ivan's working-day averaged fourteen hours. The Genius\|Margaret Horton Potter However, even here the chances are two to one, or somewhat more, in favour of the day of your arrival being a working-day. Rome in 1860\|Edward Dicey British Dictionary definitions for working day working day esp US workday noun a day on which work is done, esp for an agreed or stipulated number of hours in return for a salary or wage the part of the day allocated to worka seven-hour working day (often plural) commerce any day of the week except Sunday, public holidays, and, in some cases, Saturday Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to working day light, daylight, sunshine, sunlight, daytime, grind, treadmill, nine-to-five, squirrel cage, bright, mean solar day, nautical day, sidereal day
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working day

noun

Origin of working day

Words nearby working day

Definition for working day (2 of 2)

adjective

Origin of working-day

Example sentences from the Web for working day

British Dictionary definitions for working day

esp US workday

noun

Words related to working day