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

"No nurse or person going into their workplace should have to stop at any mob and give their ID - that's absolutely disgraceful."

From BBC • Jun. 15, 2026

First filmed before the pandemic and launched in its throes, a survivor of the era of streaming wars, corporate consolidation and Hollywood strikes, HBO’s addictively dissolute workplace drama remains as ambitious and authoritative as ever.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 15, 2026

The same is true for giving employees workplace options: Perhaps three configurations for the retrofit, each with a clear rationale, gets employees input without turning it into a second job.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 14, 2026

You can often roll over assets from other tax-deferred accounts into your current workplace plan so that they, too, will be covered by the still working exception.

From Barron's • Jun. 13, 2026

At least three of the thousand or so ads I scanned promised “fun, casual” workplace environments, and I pictured flannel- shirted teams bantering on their afternoon cider-and-doughnut breaks.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich

Related Words

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