workload
or work load
[wurk-lohd]
- the amount of work that a machine, employee, or group of employees can be or is expected to perform.
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Origin of workload
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Contemporary Examples
This means that the workload on other soldiers increases and that they have less vacation time and more responsibility.
But now the feelings of heartache increased as the workload diminished.
Instead, most cite the workload of the DC Circuit as a reason to maintain the vacancies.
Republicans Continue to Refuse to Confirm Obama's Judicial NominationsJamelle Bouie
November 13, 2013
If she doubles her workload, however, she makes just £6 more.
They can't have small car service operators, he says, because it would up the commission's workload.
Historical Examples
Mechanization and specialization of the family farm did not necessarily lighten the farmer's workload.
Frying Pan FarmElizabeth Brown Pryor
Now, what kind of a workload do your agents have on an average?
Warren Commission (5 of 26): Hearings Vol. V (of 15)The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
workload
- the amount of work to be done, esp in a specified period by a person, machine, etc
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