workplace

American  

[wurk-pleys] / ˈwɜrkˈpleɪs /

noun

1. a person's place of employment.

2. any or all places where people are employed.

   a bill to set safety standards for the workplace.

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workplace British  

/ ˈwɜːkˌpleɪs /

noun

1. a place, such as a factory or office, where people work

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Etymology

Origin of workplace

First recorded in 1820–30; work + place

Example Sentences

But Izzard has a way of making the movers and shakers at Elsinore seem as familiar as workplace colleagues.

From Los Angeles Times

They ended up with a story that will have you wondering: With all this workplace drama, how do these companies ever get around to making world-changing AI?

From The Wall Street Journal

Germany’s digital ministry says it is testing an open-source alternative to Microsoft workplace and collaboration tools, called openDesk, both on workstations within the ministry and at some German federal agencies.

From The Wall Street Journal

Beyond the devastating personal impacts of workplace harassment, it can also cause lasting economic harm to employees by stunting their life-time earnings, undermining their upward mobility and even prompting them to change careers entirely.

From Salon

A BBC spokesperson said the organisation did not comment on individual cases but took "any reports of our workplace values not being upheld extremely seriously".

From BBC

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