office hours

plural noun

1. the hours during which a professional person or an office conducts regular business.
2. the hours a person spends working in an office.

office hours

plural noun

1. the hours during which an office is open for business
2. the number of hours worked in an office

Word History and Origins

Origin of office hours¹

First recorded in 1795–1805

Example Sentences

I have a dressmaker, unique thing— Oh, don't stare at the clothes I have on; I have to dress this way during office-hours.

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It was past office-hours, and Jenifer having been told that Peter would dine up-town, had departed on his own leave of absence.

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He devoted all his spare time and some of his office-hours to thinking out schemes for saving and retrenchment.

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Returning by the same way, we got back to Mandalay by office-hours on Monday.

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But when he had seen Stella's face he had forgotten office-hours.

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