workweek
noun
work·week
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Definition of workweek
: the hours or days of work in a calendar week
40-hour workweek a 5-day workweek a shortened workweek
Examples of workweek in a Sentence
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Ray Fisher, a Shell spokesperson, told the Gazette that workers onsite have a 56-hour workweek, with 16 overtime hours built in. — Tara Law, Time, "Shell Union Workers Had to Choose Between Attending President Trump's Speech or Losing Pay: Reports," 17 Aug. 2019 The employees at the site have a 56-hour workweek, with 16 hours of overtime built in, according to Shell spokesman Ray Fisher. — Ephrat Livni, Quartz, "Workers at Shell’s Trump event had to attend or lose pay," 17 Aug. 2019 The rest of the workweek is expected to be cooler than Tuesday. — oregonlive.com, "Portland metro Sunday weather: Plenty of sun, high in the 70s," 18 Aug. 2019 The residents of Orange, Texas, about 115 miles west of Houston near the Gulf of Mexico, started their workweek on a not-so-pleasant note: The heat index had spiked to 111 degrees before 9 a.m., thanks to an extreme dew point of 83 degrees. — Matthew Cappucci, chicagotribune.com, "‘Ring of fire’ pattern brings dangerous heat, severe storms, flooding," 15 Aug. 2019 Many of those problems were cleared up by the beginning of the workweek. — Faith Karimi, CNN, "Florida city to pay $600K ransom to hacker who seized computer systems weeks ago," 20 June 2019 Worse, wage hikes no longer seem to be accelerating and the workweek actually shrunk a little. — The Christian Science Monitor, "Their light still shines," 5 Aug. 2019 The forecast for the rest of the workweek includes sunny to mostly sunny days with daytime high temperatures in the low to mid-80s. — Sheila Vilvens, Cincinnati.com, "Relief from the oppressive heat is on the way. But so are storms," 21 July 2019 Chicago’s fair workweek ordinance aims to be the broadest in the country. — Alexia Elejalde-ruiz, chicagotribune.com, "Chicago’s fair workweek ordinance passes key committee, heads to City Council for approval," 23 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'workweek.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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workweek
noun
English Language Learners Definition of workweek
US
: the total amount of hours or days that you spend working at a job in one week
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