workload

Or work load

[wurk-lohd]

noun

1. the amount of work that a machine, employee, or group of employees can be or is expected to perform.

workload

/ ˈwɜːkˌləʊd /

noun

1. the amount of work to be done, esp in a specified period by a person, machine, etc

Word History and Origins

Origin of workload¹

First recorded in 1940–45; work + load

Example Sentences

Everything Hawke knew about workload and recovery times went out the window.

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Remember what it was like to see him overpower the Brewers with his fastball and sweeper when questions start about him being too old to withstand the workload of a two-way player.

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The move is the result of more than a year of talks to iron out differences over ownership, workload and antitrust regulations, among other things.

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Analysts anticipate this development could help ease some of Amazon’s capacity constraints, which have hurt AWS’ ability to gain a bigger share of existing AI workloads up to this point.

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“As cloud reliance and workloads expand, these outages could hit industries harder.”

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