workday  /ˈwɜrk ˌdeɪ/ ? Meaning of "workday"

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Definition(s):

  1. (n) a day on which work is done
  2. (n) the amount of time that a worker must work for an agreed daily wage

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Usage(s):

  1. He tended to be chatty, seemingly able to talk from the start of the workday till its end.
  2. Ford not only doubled that, he also shaved an hour off the workday.
  3. One of the things Ochs' team of observers looks at is what happens at the end of the workday when parents and kids reunite--and what doesn't happen, as in the case of the Coxes.

Quotes

  1. "If this were a workday, significant activities in the city would have been paralysed," Fenty said, adding he was confident the mostly empty city streets would be cleaned up by Monday.
    on Dec 19, 2009 By: Adrian Fenty Source: Sydney Morning Herald

  2. "The preseason games were just as important to me as the game that's coming up," Willis said Friday. "Every day is a workday for me. ...... That's still three days away. I can't be thinking about Monday."
    on Sep 7, 2007 By: Patrick Willis Source: SportingNews.com

  3. "Five lives lost every workday is five lost lives too many. These are lives that could be saved by enforcing the laws we already have, which is why our theme for the 2007 National Day of Mourning is 'Safe and Healthy Workplaces for All Workers'....
    on Apr 26, 2007 By: Ken Georgetti Source: CCNMatthews (press release)

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