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workday

noun

  1. day of the week during which work is done
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Wiktionary

adj

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.

  1. Alternative form of workaday.

noun

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.

  1. Any of the days of a week on which work is done; any day in a workweek.

    It will take five workdays to process your application.

  2. That part of a day in which work is done.

    My workday is 8 hours.