workday.
Any of the days of a week on which work is done; any day in a workweek.
Meaning & usage
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.
That part of a day in which work is done.
My workday is 8 hours.
Where this word comes from
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.
Alternative form of workaday.
Where this word comes from
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.
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