Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Any day on which work is ordinarily performed, as distinguished from Sundays and holidays.
- n. That part of the day which is devoted or allotted to work or labor; the period each day in which work is actually carried on: as, a working-day of eight hours.
- Relating to days on which work is done, as opposed to Sundays and holidays; hence, plodding; laborious.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Pertaining to, or characteristic of, working days, or workdays; everyday; hence, plodding; hard-working.
Examples
“The data are a compilation of national gross-domestic-product figures, adjusted by the OECD for seasonal and working-day effects where needed.”
The Wall Street Journal: OECD Countries' Economic Growth Slows
“On the year, GDP contracted 1.5% on a working-day adjusted basis in the fourth quarter, Statistics Sweden said.”
“We are but warriors for the working-day. and yet conscious”
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“Although it was a Wednesday and a working-day, carriages full of opera-goers were already on their way to Mission Street in the cool breeze of the early evening.”
“So they shorten the length of the working-day, temporally lay-off some of their workers and eventually have to dismiss them.”
How the Economy Responds to Governmental Attempts to Overcome Slumps and Depressions
“Italian industrial production, accounting for about one-third of gross domestic product, will show a record 17.6% annual plunge in January on a working-day adjusted basis, the business group said.”
The Wall Street Journal: German Business Confidence Edges Higher
“Loud sousing and snorting noises were heard to proceed from a tub in the back quarters of the dwelling, proclaiming that he was there performing his great Sunday wash, lasting half-an-hour, to which his washings on working-day mornings were mere flashes in the pan.”
“The last three years have seemed like one long working-day, with no rest.”
“Besides, it was still the working-day on the West Coast.”
“But now there was no margin of dreams for him beyond this daylight reality, no holiday-time in the working-day world, no moment in the distance when duty would take off her iron glove and breast-plate and clasp him gently into rest.”
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