working day

¹

noun

1. the amount of time that a worker must work for an agreed daily wage.
2. a day ordinarily given to working ( holiday ).
3. the daily period of hours for working.

working-day

²

[ wur-king-dey ]

adjective

1. workaday; everyday.

working day

noun

1. a day on which work is done, esp for an agreed or stipulated number of hours in return for a salary or wage
2. the part of the day allocated to work

   a seven-hour working day

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of working day¹

First recorded in 1525–35

Origin of working day²

First recorded in 1470–80

Example Sentences

Quoting Health and Safety Executive figures, the report says depression, stress and anxiety led to 17 million working days being lost last year, costing the economy £5.2 billion in lost output.

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In an average working day, Claudia Bowring has to play the role of detective, estate agent, family mediator and, occasionally, grief counsellor.

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And the "right to switch off" phones, emails and texts at the end of the working day won’t necessarily be a "right" after all.

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“Even on a working day I saw films being shot in the workshop,” says Subir Bose, a tram company worker who retired in 2022 after 39 years of service.

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The working day at her flower farm is meant to be eight hours, but she explains that she often feels obliged to work an extra three hours, for which she does not receive overtime pay.

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