workday
nounEtymology From Middle English werkdai, werkedei, werkedai, from Old English weorcdæġ (“workday”), equivalent to work + day. Cognate with West Frisian wurkdei (“workday”), Dutch werkdag (“workday”), German Low German Warkdag (“workday”), German Werktag (“workday”). See also workaday.
1
US Any of the days of a week on which work is done; any day in a workweek.
- It will take five workdays to process your application.
2
US That part of a day in which work is done.
- My workday is 8 hours.
- Synonyms
- working day, 9 to 5, nine to five, weekday, business day, jobday
- Derived terms
- teacher workday
- Coordinate terms
- worknight
- Meronyms
- beginning of day, end of day, EOD, close of business, COB, quitting time