working-day

[ wur-king-dey ]

/ ˈwɜr kɪŋˌdeɪ /

adjective

workaday; everyday.

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working rail, working storage, working substance, working week, working-capital fund, working-day, workingman, workingperson, workingwoman, workload, workman

Origin of working-day

First recorded in 1470–80

Definition for working-day (2 of 2)

working day

noun

the amount of time that a worker must work for an agreed daily wage.

a day ordinarily given to working (distinguished from holiday).

the daily period of hours for working.

Origin of working day

First recorded in 1525–35

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Examples from the Web for working-day

She breathed with difficulty in the atmosphere of this 'working-day world,' and withdrew from it as much as possible.
Visits and Sketches at Home and Abroad with Tales and Miscellanies Now First Collected|Anna Jameson
I was quite excited about it myself, and could hardly wait for tomorrow's working-day to begin again.
Wanderers|Knut Hamsun
Making it a working-day, and thus preventing attendance at church.
An Explanation of Luther's Small Catechism|Joseph Stump
During eighteen months—until the autumn of 1864, Ivan's working-day averaged fourteen hours.
The Genius|Margaret Horton Potter

However, even here the chances are two to one, or somewhat more, in favour of the day of your arrival being a working-day.
Rome in 1860|Edward Dicey

British Dictionary definitions for working-day

working day

esp US workday

noun

a day on which work is done, esp for an agreed or stipulated number of hours in return for a salary or wage

the part of the day allocated to worka seven-hour working day

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

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