workday

workday
/werrk"day'/, n.
1. a day on which work is done; working day.
2. the part of a day during which one works.
3. the length of time during a day on which one works: a seven-hour workday.
adj.
4. workaday.
[1400-50; late ME werkday, OE weorcdaeg. See WORK, DAY]

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