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workweek en · NOUN

Etymology

From work + week.

Meanings

1. (US) The range of days of the week that are normally worked.
   • That trial, which began the same week as the elections that brought Margaret Thatcher to power, remains a symbol, to a certain sort of Englishman, of the societywide breakdown of the 1970s, which was a decade of currency devaluations, crippling strikes, uncollected garbage and shortened workweeks. 2009 December 7, Christopher Caldwell, “Can David Cameron Redefine Britain’s Tory Party?”, in The New York Times:
   • Mrs. Lienemann, the French Housing Minister, sees socialist and ecological forces proposing what she calls “a new culture”—perhaps named “Ecosocialism”—that might, she believes, work for innovations like a 32-hour workweek, more democracy at the workplace, and “a greater stress on quality than quantity in everyday life.” [1992 November 1, Roger Cohen, quoting Marie-Noelle Lienemann, “Ideology Wanes for Europe, Leaving Politicians Adrift”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

Forms

Synonyms

jobweek · working week

Translations (19)

cs pracovní týden (range of days of the week) · is vinnuvika (range of days of the week) · pl tydzień pracowniczy (range of days of the week) · nn arbeidsveke (range of days of the week) · ru рабо́чая неде́ля (range of days of the week) · hu munkahét (range of days of the week) · pt semana de trabalho (range of days of the week) · fr semaine de travail (range of days of the week) · nds-de Arbeitsweek (range of days of the week) · fi työviikko (range of days of the week) · sv arbetsvecka (range of days of the week) · fo arbeiðsvika (range of days of the week) · de Arbeitswoche (range of days of the week) · cmn 工作週 /工作周 (range of days of the week) · nl werkweek (range of days of the week) · nb arbeidsuke (range of days of the week) · da arbejdsuge (range of days of the week) · es semana de trabajo (range of days of the week) · uk робо́чий ти́ждень (range of days of the week)