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working week
/ ˈwɜːkˌwiːk /
noun
- the number of hours or days in a week actually or officially allocated to work
a four-day working week
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Example Sentences
Thus a cut in the working week may raise AVERAGE costs per unit of OUTPUT and cause firms to buy fewer total hours of labour.
Of all the hours of an ordinary working week-day, which are the pleasantest to look forward to and to look back upon?
And then, at twelve o'clock in the morning of an ordinary working week-day, they found the junior partner at home to receive them.
Let this last hour of the working-week be spent in arrangement, not in derangement.
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More About Working Week
What does working week mean?
The working week is the span of (often five) days that are not the weekend—the days when many people work.
The word workweek means the same thing and is much more commonly used in the U.S. and Canada.
The standard working week is from Monday through Friday, with Saturday and Sunday being considered the weekend, though working schedules vary widely. Many full-time jobs consist of a 40-hour working week (five eight-hour days). In this sense, the working week consists of all the time spent working in a week.
A day of the working week can be called a working day (or a workday).
The word week can sometimes be used to refer to the working week, as in I can’t wait for this week to be over so I can spend the weekend relaxing. (Otherwise, week most commonly refers to any period of seven consecutive days or to the seven-day period on the calendar that begins on Sunday and ends on Saturday).
Example: I’m usually too busy to do any of my hobbies during the working week, but that’s how I spend my weekends.
Where does working week come from?
The first records of the word working week come from around the 1600s. It’s use greatly increased around the 1900s.
Many workers associate the working week with the 40 or so hours they have to work during the week, but the 40-hour working week is a relatively new concept. In fact, some of the first recorded references to the modern use of the term discuss the reduction of the working week from 56 hours to 48 hours.
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How is working week used in real life?
The most common full-time working week consists of 40 hours over five days, but working weeks vary widely in terms of their length and schedule. The word workweek means the same thing and is much more commonly used in the U.S. and Canada.
Hearing people laugh at the idea of a 4-day working week being more productive than overworking employees on a 40+hour working week, makes my blood boil#Election2019 #electiondebate #Labour
— TColé (@tdcole94) November 20, 2019
Been #outsideeveryday in the park during the working week but today I'm up at Cochno, the University farm. Mud and snow. And a certain bleak beauty. pic.twitter.com/1atZYrNWQ5
— Katherine Jones (@glasgow_kat) December 4, 2020
School leadership is a privilege and can be very rewarding, but it is also full-on. Are you just surviving to get through to the next weekend or holiday? What are you doing to replenish yourself during the working week? #SLTchat #teacherwellbeing #EduTwitter pic.twitter.com/kUFFNerQvX
— James Hilton (@jameshilton300) May 8, 2020
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True or False?
The word week can sometimes be used as a synonym for working week.
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